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Definition: Abstainer |
AbstainerNoun1. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline. 2. A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abstainer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | 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. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AbstainerSynonyms: abstinent (n), ascetic (n), nondrinker (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sobriety | Water-drinker; hydropot; prohibitionist; teetotaler, teetotalist; abstainer, Good Templar, band of hope. |
Temperance | Teetotaler; abstainer; designated driver;teetotaler; abstainer; designated driver; Encratite, fruitarian, hydropot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Abstainer |
| English words defined with "abstainer": teetotaler, teetotalist, teetotaller. (references) |
| "Abstainer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abstainer" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "abstainer": total abstainer. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "abstainer": non-abstainer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "abstainer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afskaffer (teetotaller, total, total abstainer). (various references) | |
Albanian | njeri që nuk vë në gojë alkool, njeri i përkorë. (various references) | |
Arabic | الممتنع, الممسك عن المسكرات خاصة, الممسك. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | трезвеник (teetotaller), въздържател, въздържал се. (various references) | |
Czech | abstinent (teetotaler). (various references) | |
Dutch | abstemius (teetotaller, total abstainer), geheelonthouder (teetotaller, total abstainer). (various references) | |
Esperanto | abstinenculo (total abstainer). (various references) | |
Finnish | absolutisti (teetotaller, total abstainer), vesipoika (total abstainer), raittiusmies (teetotaller, total abstainer), raitistua (be refreshed, become an abstainer, become sober). (various references) | |
French | abstentionniste. (various references) | |
German | Temperenzler (teetotaller). (various references) | |
Greek | εγκρατήσ (abstemious, abstinent, continent, self contained, sober, temperate), αυτόσ που απέχει (abstinent). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מת זר משתי" (abstentionist, teetotaler), מ ע (impossible). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szeszes italtól tartózkodó személy, bornemissza (to be on the wagon, to be on the water-wagon). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pemantang. (various references) | |
Italian | chi si astiene. (various references) | |
Manx | obbaltagh (refusing). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abstaineray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abstêmio (abstemious, abstentious, blueribbonist, teetotal, teetotaler, temperate), pessoa abstinente. (various references) | |
Romanian | abstinent (abstemious, abstinent, chaste, continent, pussyfoot, teetotal, teetotaller, temperate). (various references) | |
Russian | трезвенник (teetotaler, teetotaller, water-drinker), воздержавшийся воздержавшийся, непьющий (nondrinker). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | apstinent, uzdržljivost (abstention, let alone, reserve, restraint, stand off, temperance), uzdržljiv čovek, trezvenost (abstinence, soberness, sobriety, temperance), trezvenjak (teetotaler, teetotaller). (various references) | |
Spanish | abstinente (abstained, abstaining, abstinent, abstinently), abstemio (abstemious, abstentious, teetotaler, teetotaller, temperate). (various references) | |
Swedish | absolutist (absolutist, teetotaller, total abstainer), röstskolkare, helnykterist. (various references) | |
Turkish | içki içmeyen kimse (total abstainer). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | непитущий (abstinent, teetotal, teetotaller, temperate). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người kiêng rượu (water-drinker). (various references) | |
Welsh | dirwestwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abstainer": abstainers. (additional references) | |
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"Abstainer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abteiberg, bastina. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "abstainer" (pronounced 'Ab*stain"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser, Amender. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: antbears, antisera, banister, barniest, bartisan, ratanies, ratsbane, seatrain. | |
-2 letters: abaters, abreast, abstain, anestri, antbear, antiars, antsier, aristae, artisan, asteria, atresia, baiters, banters, banties, barites, basinet, brisant, entasia, nastier, ratines, rebaits, retains, retinas, retsina, stainer, stearin, taenias, terbias, tsarina. | |
-3 letters: abaser, abater, abates, abatis, absent, airest, anears, ansate, antiar, antres, arenas, arisen, arista, arsine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: abstainers, antirabies, rabbinates. | |
+2 letters: aberrations, abreactions, alabastrine, brainteaser, interabangs, tarnishable, trabeations. | |
+3 letters: antiliberals, arbitraments, bearbaitings, bicarbonates, brainteasers, breakfasting, debarkations, distrainable, elaborations, embarkations, libertarians, rattlebrains, restrainable, scatterbrain, talebearings, trainbearers. | |
+4 letters: abbreviations, abnormalities, administrable, antisubmarine, arbitrariness, ascertainable, cabinetmakers, exacerbations, featherbrains, hebraizations, observational, reasonability, rehabilitants, scatterbrains, skateboarding, transmittable, turbellarians. | |
+5 letters: abortifacients, antibacterials, antiliberalism, backscattering, bacterizations, charitableness, chateaubriands, constabularies, decarbonations, disembarkation, flabbergasting, inseparability, libertarianism, pentobarbitals, perambulations, phenobarbitals, rebroadcasting, recalibrations, retinoblastoma, sabermetrician, scatterbrained, skateboardings, trainabilities, verbalizations. | |
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