teetotaler

Speech parts

1. teetotaler - Noun

2. teetotaler - Adjective

Meaning

One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

DRY ascetic sober wagon teetotal abstinent abstainer prohibitionist nondrinker withholder avoider straightedge nephalist rechabite refrainer
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Antonyms

snowbird sot boozer reamer bacchanal sipper
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Hypernyms

abstinent abstainer

Related terms

teetotal teetotalism teetotaling teetotally

Derivatives

teetotaler

Examples

I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler. George Bernard Shaw

I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable. I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler. David Levithan

I worked nightclubs all through my 20s, and I was a teetotaler. Dick Van Dyke

The taste of cold water after drinking, is a pleasure that the teetotaler will never know. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

teethly teethmark teetotal teetotaling teetotalism teetotalist