alcoholics anonymous

1. 1.

   an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism

   SynonymsAA

   Broadernongovernmental organization

Questions about alcoholics anonymous

What does alcoholics anonymous mean?

alcoholics anonymous means "an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism".

What is another word for alcoholics anonymous?

Close synonyms include AA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alcoholics anonymous a common word?

alcoholics anonymous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.