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abstinent
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restraining behavior or appetite |
| Synonyms: | abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, moderating, restrained, self-denying, self-restrained, sober, sparing, temperate |
| Antonyms: | gluttonous, greedy, hungry |
| Main Entry: | continent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chaste, pure |
| Synonyms: | abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, bridled, celibate, curbed, inhibited, modest, restrained, self-restrained, sober, temperate |
| Antonyms: | impure, incontinent, unchaste |
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, temperate |
| Synonyms: | abstinent, balanced, bearable, careful, cautious, compromising, conservative, considerate, considered, controlled, cool, deliberate, disciplined, dispassionate, equable, even, gentle, impartial, inconsiderable, inexpensive, judicious, limited, low-key, measured, middle-of-the-road, midway, mild, modest, monotonous, neutral, nonpartisan, not excessive, pacific, peaceable, pleasant, reasonable, reserved, restrained, sober, soft, steady, straight, tame, tolerable, tolerant, tranquil, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | excessive, extreme, immoderate, outrageous, uncontrolled, unlimited, unreasonable, unrestrained, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | on the wagon |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not drinking alcohol |
| Synonyms: | abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, cold sober, dry, drying out, free of alcohol, nonindulgent, not drinking, not drunk, not partaking of alcohol, period of abstinence, restrained, sober, stone cold sober, sworn off, took the pledge, unintoxicated |
| Main Entry: | puritanical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | proper, straitlaced |
| Synonyms: | abstinent, austere, conforming, moral, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, rigid, stern, strict, stuffy |
| Main Entry: | sober |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not partaking of alcohol |
| Synonyms: | abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, calm, clear-headed, cold sober, continent, controlled, dry, moderate, nonindulgent, not drunk, on the wagon, restrained, sedate, self-possessed, serious, steady, temperate, took the pledge |
| Antonyms: | drunk, inebriated |
| Main Entry: | temperate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | controlled, sober |
| Synonyms: | abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, continent, moderate, restrained, self-restraining |
| Antonyms: | drunk, excessive, inebriated, uncontrolled |
| Main Entry: | abstainer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teetotaler |
| Synonyms: | abstinent, ascetic, dry*, nondrinker, one who is on the wagon, prohibitionist, teetotalist, temperance advocate, water-drinker |
| Antonyms: | drinker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | teetotaler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nondrinker |
| Synonyms: | abstainer, abstinent, prohibitionist |
| Antonyms: | alcoholic, drinker, drunk, lush, souse, wino |
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