Synonyms for moon-shine
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. White lightning — high-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally
mountain dew, chain lightning US, corn liquor US, whiskey US, whisky UK, bootleg, bathtub gin informal, coon dick, hooch, white lightning slang, squirrel whiskey slang dated US CA, everclear dated US
2. Moon-light — the light of the moon. The light reflected off Earth's Moon
3. Stuff
stuff, wish-wash, non-sense, trash, balderdash, garbage US AU CA, bull, blah, bullshit, jazz, rubbish, malarkey informal, bosh, fudge, hokum, hogwash, prattle, drivel, piffle, rigmarole, rigamarole US, twaddle, blatherskite
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The light of the moon. The light reflected off Earth's Moon.
- n. 2
High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
They watered down the moonshine.
- n. 3
The light of the moon.
[…] O Nymph more bright than moon-ſhine night, like Kidlings blithe and merry […]
Related words
- Word family
- moonshiny
- Other spellings
- moonshine
Forms
- Plural
- moon-shines → whiskeys, bootlegs, hooches, moon-lights…
Example sentences
- moon It won't be long before we can travel to the moon.
By length
- 4 letters
- moon1, bull1, jazz1, blah1, bosh1
- 5 letters
- stuff1, trash1, fudge1, hooch1, hokum2
- 6 letters
- whisky2, drivel2, piffle
- 7 letters
- garbage2, rubbish2, whiskey2, bootleg2, hogwash2, prattle2, twaddle2
- 8 letters
- bullshit2, malarkey3
- 9 letters
- everclear, rigmarole
- 10 letters
- balderdash3, rigamarole
- 12 letters
- blatherskite
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hokum2 = 2 syllables).