drinkable meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

drinkable

adj

Etymology From Middle English drinkable, drynkeable, equivalent to drink + -able.

Able to be drunk (as liquid).

Of water Safe to drink.

Beverages, Food, Lifestyle, Oenology, Wine Especially, Of an alcoholic beverage Of good or satisfactory quality.

Synonyms: potable, drinkworthy, safe to drink, chuggable, downable, drinkable, potulent, quaffable
Antonyms: impotable, undrinkable, nonpotable, unpotable
Derived terms: drinkableness
Related terms: potent, drink
Hypernyms: ingestible
Hyponyms: cidery
Coordinate terms: edible, eatable, comestible

noun

Etymology From Middle English drinkable, drynkeable, equivalent to drink + -able.

In plural That which can be drunk.

During the course of the day we know how to face acute hunger, and learn the value of abstaining from using our eatables and drinkables.1931, Qassim Ali Jairazbhoy, Fear Allah and take your own part, page 112: