non-alcoholic

A form of nonalcoholic — Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.

OriginEnglish alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho →
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Meanings

adjectivenon-alcoholic (not comparable)
  1. UKalternativenot comparableAlternative form of nonalcoholic.

    Sober bars serve beers and wines that are non-alcoholic (though they can sometimes contain up to 0.5% ABV, or alcohol by volume, the Food and Drug Administration’s threshold for a beverage to still be considered non-alcoholic).

    2024 July 27, Scottie Andrew, “How sober bars are redefining nightlife”, in CNN
nounnon-alcoholic (plural non-alcoholics)

plural non-alcoholics

  1. alternativeAlternative form of nonalcoholic.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
alcohol-free

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  15. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  16. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  17. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  18. Medieval Latinalcoho
  19. Middle Englishalcofol
  20. Englishalcohol
  21. Englishalcoholic
  22. Englishnon-alcoholic

From non- + alcoholic.

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APA

non-alcoholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-alcoholic

MLA

“non-alcoholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-alcoholic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-alcoholic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-alcoholic.

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