nondairy

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adjective

Not derived from dairy sources.

“Near-synonym: milkless”

Similar
dairy-freedairylessmilkless
OriginEnglish dairy ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

adjectivenondairy (not comparable)

alternative non-dairy

  1. not comparableNot derived from dairy sources.

    Near-synonym: milkless

    1 more example

    Plus, today there is a wide array of nondairy yogurt options, from coconut milk to oat milk–based, and more.

    2020, Shawn Stevenson, Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life, Little, Brown Spark, published 2021, →ISBN

    Synonyms: dairy-free, dairyless, milkless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot derived from dairy sources.

Similar
dairy-freedairylessmilkless
Also see
dairy-freedairylessmilkless

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. Englishdairy
  15. Englishnondairy

From non- + dairy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nondairy

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Anagrams

nondiary
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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