nonalcoholic
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See also: non-alcoholic
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- non-alcoholic (mainly British)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
nonalcoholic (not comparable)
- Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.
- Synonym: alcohol-free
- Antonym: alcoholic
- (medicine) Not involving alcohol as its cause.
- Antonym: alcoholic
Translations[edit]
containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
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Noun[edit]
nonalcoholic (plural nonalcoholics)
- One who is not an alcoholic.
- 2020 April 2, Virginia Heffernan, “Staying Sober During a Lockdown”, in The New York Times[1]:
- A quarantine is indeed a trying time. Where “people who can drink normally” — A.A. lingo for nonalcoholics — are stocking up on liquor, A.A. members, and there are some 2.1 million of us, are hellbent on keeping the meetings going.
- A nonalcoholic beverage.
- 2023 February 22, Kai Ryssdal, Sean McHenry, “The LA distillery ginning up business in the non-alcoholic spirit market”, in Marketplace[2]:
- When asked if there was a degree of sadness to transition to non-alcoholics after nearly two decades of making spirits, Mathews said no.