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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun abstainer has 2 senses

• abstainer(n = noun.person) ascetic - someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline; Array
is a kind of religious person
has particulars: puritan, stylite
Derived form verb abstain₂

• abstainer(n = noun.person) abstinent, nondrinker - a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages; Array
is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: teetotaler, teetotalist, teetotaller
Derived form verb abstain₂

CIDE DICTIONARY

DEVIL DICTIONARY

abstainer

n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

Said a man to a crapulent youth: "I thought
You a total abstainer, my son."
"So I am, so I am," said the scrapgrace caught --
"But not, sir, a bigoted one."
G.J.

THESAURUS

abstainer

Albigensian, Apostolici, Catharist, Encratite, Franciscan, Pythagorean, Pythagorist, Rechabite, Sabbatarian, Shaker, Trappist, Waldensian, abstinent, anchorite, ascetic, banian, bhikshu, dervish, fakir, flagellant, fruitarian, gymnosophist, hermit, hydropot, mendicant, nephalist, puritan, sannyasi, teetotaler, teetotalist, vegetarian, water-drinker, yogi, yogin

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abstainer

Sobriety

N sobriety, teetotalism, temperance, water-drinker, hydropot, prohibitionist, teetotaler, teetotalist, abstainer, Good Templar, band of hope, sober, sober as a judge.

Temperance

N temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness, forbearance, abnegation, self-denial, self-restraint, self-control, frugality, vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence, abstinence, abstemiousness, Encratism, prohibition, system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro, Pythagorism, Stoicism, vegetarian, Pythagorean, gymnosophist, teetotaler, abstainer, designated driver, Encratite, fruitarian, hydropot, temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing, abstemious, abstinent, within compass, measured, on the wagon, on the water wagon, dry, Pythagorean, vegetarian, teetotal, appetitus rationi obediant, l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la rai, trahit sua quemque voluptas.

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