mocktail

noun

mock·​tail ˈmäk-ˌtāl 

plural mocktails

: a usually iced drink made with any of various ingredients (such as juice, herbs, and soda water) but without alcohol : a nonalcoholic cocktail

Though London may be home to some of the world's tastiest cocktails, it's also got some of the best mocktails going, too. Virgin drinks are starting to pop up on the menus of the city's trendiest bars to account for those nights when you want to go out but can't afford a hangover the next day.

—Sophia E. Lipp

Examples of mocktail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new non-alcoholic drinks on the menu include the passion fruit mocktail made with lime, pineapple, passion fruit and soda, the prickly pear mocktail, which mixes lime, ginger beer and prickly pear and the yuzu matcha mocktail, which contains yuzu syrup, lemon, lime and matcha. —Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026

Boring mocktails are officially in the rearview mirror. —Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 15 Jan. 2026

Now, it’s expanded to include mocktails and is seeking city approval to do tequila tastings. —Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026

All of Harun’s coffee drinks feature beans from Ethiopia, and a fresh selection of mocktails is designed to complement evening programming, such as a seasonal tonic with makrut lime leaf, oleo saccharum and seamoss. —Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mocktail

• airmail
• assail
• avail
• bewail
• blackmail
• cattail
• cocktail
• curtail
• derail
• detail
• dovetail
• email