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nonalcoholic

nonalcoholic adjective: containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.

Adjective

nonalcoholic (not comparable)

  1. Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.
    Synonyms:
    alcohol-free
    Antonyms:
    alcoholic
  2. Not involving alcohol as its cause.
    Antonyms:
    alcoholic

Noun

nonalcoholic (plural nonalcoholics)

  1. One who is not an alcoholic.
    • 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.2020 April 2, Virginia Heffernan, “Staying Sober During a Lockdown”, in The New York Times
  2. A nonalcoholic beverage.
    • When asked if there was a degree of sadness to transition to non-alcoholics after nearly two decades of making spirits, Mathews said no.2023 February 22, Kai Ryssdal, Sean McHenry, “The LA distillery ginning up business in the non-alcoholic spirit market”, in Marketplace

nonalcoholic meaning in Hindi and Persian

nonalcoholic in Hindi

containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
अमादक amādak

nonalcoholic in Persian

containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
غیرالکلی ġeyre-alkoli

Synonyms of nonalcoholic

Antonyms

Forms of nonalcoholic

Adjective
alternative British mainlynon-alcoholic
Noun
pluralnonalcoholics

Origin of nonalcoholic

From non- + alcoholic.

Questions about nonalcoholic

What does nonalcoholic mean?
Nonalcoholic means containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.
What is nonalcoholic in Hindi?
Nonalcoholic in Hindi is अमादक (amādak). See Nonalcoholic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is nonalcoholic?
Nonalcoholic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonalcoholic in the dictionary

  1. nonalbumin
  2. nonalbuminous
  3. nonalbuminuric
  4. nonalchemical
  5. nonalcohol
  6. nonalcoholic
  7. nonalcoholics
  8. nonalcohols
  9. nonaldermanic
  10. nonalead
  11. nonaleatory

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