soft drink

noun — 2 senses

soft drink

noun

Etymology So called in contrast to strong alcoholic beverages, which are "hard liquors".

1

Any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet.

  • If you'd like a soft drink, we have cola and lemonade.
2

Broadly Any non-alcoholic drink.

  • "And then they run to him with whisky, and so they teach him to rely on the bottle and you get another case of a drunken medium. I know them. You keep off it, Tom!" "Yes, one of our trade should stick to soft drinks."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
Synonyms
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Related terms
cola, alcoholic beverage [WS]
Hypernyms
beverage
Hyponyms
coke, fizzy drink, fizzy juice, juice, lemonade, pop, soda, soda pop, tonic water, cola
Coordinate terms
hard liquor

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