beverage, drink, drinkable, potable

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

• milk — a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
• wish-wash — any thin watery drink
• potion — a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
• alcohol, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant — a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
• hydromel — honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented
• near beer — drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol
• ginger beer — carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger
• mixer — club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol
• cooler — an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice
• refresher — a drink that refreshes
• fizz — an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
• cider, cyder — a beverage made from juice pressed from apples
• cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate — made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar
• fruit juice, fruit crush — drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit
• fruit drink, ade — a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• mate — South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
• soft drink — nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
• coffee, java — a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
• tea — a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• drinking water — water suitable for drinking

• food, nutrient — any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue
• liquid — a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure