Synonyms of moonshine

moonshine

noun

ˈmün-ˌshīn 

1

as in alcohol

illegally produced liquor

during Prohibition, moonshine and "bathtub gin" were made secretly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alcohol
• booze
• bootleg
• drink
• rum
• spirits
• juice
• mountain dew
• white lightning
• hooch
• rotgut
• grog
• tipple
• firewater
• strong drink
• red-eye
• bathtub gin
• potable
• ardent spirits
• John Barleycorn

2

as in liquor

a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk

serving all sorts of moonshine at the bar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• liquor
• alcohol
• booze
• drink
• rum
• bottle
• spirits
• whiskey
• wine
• beer
• vodka
• hooch
• juice
• firewater
• grog
• tipple
• brandy
• ale
• intoxicant
• tequila
• stimulant
• sauce
• potable
• strong drink
• gin
• ardent spirits
• lush
• John Barleycorn
• inebriant
• aqua vitae
• sake
• cocktail
• chaser
• load
• brew
• pop
• belt
• snort
• slug
• mead
• aperitif
• schnapps
• liqueur
• snifter
• mescal
• nightcap
• bracer
• shooter
• mixed drink
• shot
• digestif
• tot
• peg
• nip
• mum
• whet
• malt liquor
• home brew
• microbrew
• brewage
• brewski
• nappy
• barley-bree
• Dutch courage
• mao-tai

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mix
• soda
• mixer
• pop
• nonintoxicant
• soft drink
• soda pop
• mocktail

3

as in nuts

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

a book about the so-called good old days that's sentimental moonshine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nuts
• nonsense
• garbage
• stupidity
• rubbish
• drool
• silliness
• jazz
• bunk
• blah
• beans
• muck
• trash
• fudge
• balderdash
• absurdity
• crock
• hokum
• fiddle
• foolishness
• craziness
• insanity
• blatherskite
• folderol
• baloney
• humbuggery
• punk
• bunkum
• bull
• madness
• flapdoodle
• applesauce
• fiddlesticks
• hogwash
• malarkey
• horsefeathers
• bilge
• trumpery
• rot
• piffle
• blither
• tommyrot
• twaddle
• blarney
• guff
• poppycock
• claptrap
• hooey
• absurdness
• tosh
• blather
• hoodoo
• codswallop
• hokeypokey
• taradiddle
• drivel
• fiddle-faddle
• slush
• flannel
• folly
• humbug
• bosh
• crapola
• nerts
• senselessness
• gas
• idiocy
• foolery
• tomfoolery
• greek
• kookiness
• lunacy
• inanity
• imbecility
• fatuity
• monkey business
• inaneness
• witlessness
• asininity
• hot air
• hocus-pocus
• monkeyshine(s)
• rigmarole
• shenanigan(s)
• double-talk
• hoity-toity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• horse sense
• wisdom
• judgment
• sensibleness
• levelheadedness
• reasonability
• discernment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of moonshine

Today, Jones and his wife, Peg Hays, use this original still pot design to make award-winning, small-batch mash bill bourbons, moonshines, and more. — Michelle Polizzi, Southern Living, 1 May 2026

The nettle moonshine might also be behind Huldah’s new backbone. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026

The other spirits, including the moonshine, can be found at websites like Total Wine now. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2026

Fans in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky haven’t been this excited since the invention of moonshine. — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025