ABSTINENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does abstinent mean?
• ABSTINENT (noun)
The noun ABSTINENT has 1 sense:
1. a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
Familiarity information: ABSTINENT used as a noun is very rare.
• ABSTINENT (adjective)
The adjective ABSTINENT has 1 sense:
1. self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
Familiarity information: ABSTINENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ABSTINENT (noun)
Meaning:
A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
abstinent; nondrinker; abstainer
Hypernyms ("abstinent" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abstinent"):
teetotaler; teetotalist; teetotaller (a total abstainer)
• ABSTINENT (adjective)
Meaning:
Self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
Synonyms:
abstentious; abstinent
Context example:
not totally abstinent but abstemious
Similar:
abstemious (sparing in consumption of especially food and drink)
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