Mocktail Thesaurus - Alternatives for the Word Mocktail
February 04, 2020
Many people have an extreme dislike of the word "mocktail," and a thousand and one Facebook discussions later, I've decided to put all the suggested alternatives for the word in one place.
So if you're looking for a new section heading for your bar menu, or you're a journalist writing the 4000th Dry January story and need some new words to use, this list is for you!
Menus from PrettyUgly (Toronto), North Shore Distillery (Chicago), Zona Mexicana (San Francisco), Zyankali Bar (Berlin), Sushi By Bou (Multiple locations)
Please let me know if I missed something!
- 0% ABV
- 86 ABV
- abstinence drinks
- alcohol free
- all ages show
- almost cocktails
- barely legal
- baseless
- boozeless
- chauffeur's choice
- cocktail adjacent
- coolers
- designated drivers
- drinks for your endurance
- driver friendly
- driver's choice
- dry cocktails
- dry liquids
- even keel
- fauxtails
- free-spirited cocktails
- freetails
- gentle spirit
- g-rated
- immaculate concoctions
- jerk soda
- junior varsity
- kiddie cocktails
- lie-bations
- liver friendly
- loopholes
- low test
- maternatinis
- minor indulgences
- no ABV
- nolo
- nocktails
- no knocktails
- non-alcoholic
- nonnies
- nontoxicants
- no octane
- no proof
- not just for kids
- not quite cocktails
- not-tails
- n.w.a. (nothing with alcohol)
- on the wagon
- pacers
- PG
- placebos
- preggatinis
- rated E for Everyone
- refrainers
- refreshers
- safe for work
- shallow end
- sober drinks
- soft cocktails
- soft drinks
- spirit-free
- teetotalers
- teetotaler tipples
- temperance drinks
- tonics and refreshers
- uber juice
- unleaded
- virgin
- volcano sacrifice
- Volstead approved
- without alcohol
- without proof
- zero alcohol
- zero-proof
Got other ideas? Let me know!
Boneless?
Posted by: Joshflindley | February 06, 2020 at 07:21 PM
As a child, I would get a Virgin Mary when my father got his real one.
An air hostess called it "A Bloody Shame."
Sadly doesn't work for every drink.
Posted by: Alex Wregg | June 01, 2020 at 06:46 PM
Hah! That's a good one.
Posted by: Camper English | June 01, 2020 at 08:08 PM
A restaurant in my neck of the woods uses the label "free spirited cocktails" for its non-alcoholic offerings
https://www.dpbrasserie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dp-Cocktail-Menu-Final-11-1-19.pdf#page=9
Posted by: David Nardolillo | August 13, 2020 at 09:46 PM
That's great! I'm going to add it to the list, thanks.
Posted by: Camper | August 27, 2020 at 11:35 AM
Brilliant
Posted by: Francis Schott | August 26, 2023 at 11:45 AM