DictionarysodaCarbonated drink
noun

soda

SOH-duh/ˈsəʊdə/

A drink containing dissolved gas that makes it fizzy.

Bubbles rise through the orange soda in the glass.

An open, unlabelled soft-drink bottle beside a clear glass of fizzy orange soda, with rising carbonation bubbles, ice, a drinking straw, and a small orange wedge and sugar cubes indicating sweet citrus flavor.
Etymology

Soda originally named an alkali, whose name has uncertain deeper origins. The drink sense shortens “soda water”: although soda itself largely disappeared as an ingredient, the name remained for carbonated water flavored and sweetened with syrups.

In context

Collin & Michael7:02
if you just want something sweet go well you know what just drink a different soda or i guess this isn't a soda but a different drink these are actually all pretty good
New Sparkling Water – Splash Fizz Taste Test!

More examples

  • Would you like a lemon soda with lunch?
  • The soda loses its fizz if you leave it open.
  • We order two sodas and a sandwich.

Forms

soda · sodas

Similar words

pop
Means the same drink, especially in the Midwest.
seltzer
Usually means unsweetened carbonated water rather than a sweetened drink.