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Definition: Abstinent |
AbstinentAdjective1. Self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious". Noun1. A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abstinent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: AbstinentSynonyms: abstentious (adj), abstainer (n), nondrinker (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: prohibitionist (medicine, social sciences). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Temperance | Adjective: temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing; abstemious, abstinent; within compass; measured; (sufficient). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Abstinent |
| English words defined with "abstinent": abstentious. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Abstinent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (dry), Czech (abstainer, teetotaler), French (abstinent, teetotaller), German (abstemious, abstinent, continent, sober, staid, teetotal, temperate), Romanian (abstainer, abstemious, abstinent, chaste, continent, pussyfoot, teetotal, teetotaller, temperate). |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At the galleys, he was cross, sullen, abstinent, ignorant, and intractable |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Antidepressant medications are helpful in combating the depressive symptoms frequently seen in methamphetamine users who recently have become abstinent. (references) | |
Cognitive-behavioral coping skills treatment, for example, is a short-term, focused approach to helping cocaine-addicted individuals become abstinent from cocaine and other substances. (references) | ||
This study also found that approximately one-third of the study participants who were followed up either were still abstinent or were drinking without serious problems 3 years after the study ended. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Abstinent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abstinent" is used about 8 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abstinent | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "abstinent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i përkorë (abstemious, chaste, continent, moderate), i matur (calculating, canny, careful, cautious, chary, chaste, circumlocutory, circumspect, circumspective, conservative, deliberate, discreet, forehanded, gingerly, judicious, moderate, provident, prudent, reasonable, sober, staid, thoughtful, wary, well advised, well balanced), i kursyer (abstemious, careful, cheap, close, economic, frugal, penurious, provident, skimpy, thrifty). (various references) | |
Arabic | تقشف (abstention, abstinence, austerity). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | умерен човек, умерен (abstemious, conservative, equable, frugal, gentle, medium, mezzo, mild, moderate, philosophical, reasonable, restrained, slack, sober, sparing, temperate, tempered), трезвен (sober, teetotal), който не пие. (various references) | |
Czech | zdrženlivý (abstemious, cold, continent, reserved, restrained, undemonstrative). (various references) | |
Dutch | gereserveerd (reserved). (various references) | |
French | antialcoolique, abstinent, sobre (abstemious). (various references) | |
German | abstinent (abstemious, continent, sober, staid, teetotal, temperate), enthaltsam (abstemious, abstemiously, abstentious, abstinently, chaste, chastely, continent, moderate, teetotal). (various references) | |
Greek | εγκρατήσ (abstainer, abstemious, continent, self contained, sober, temperate), αυτόσ που απέχει (abstainer). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מת זר (abstemious, ascetic, self denying), מפוכח (clear eyed, hardheaded, realistic, sober minded), מ וע (engine, motor, obviated, precluded, prevented), פרוש (abstemious, chaste, commentary, construction, exegesis, explanation, interpretation, reading, seclusive, self denying), זיר (anchorite, friar, hermit, monk), זור (ascetic). (various references) | |
Hungarian | antialkoholista (on the wagon, teetotal, teetotaler, teetotaller, to be on the wagon, to be on the water-wagon, tote), önmegtartóztató (austere, continent, self denying, self-denying), önmegtartóztatás (abstinence, self denial, self-denial). (various references) | |
Italian | astinente (abstemious, abstentious, teetotaller). (various references) | |
Manx | trostee (Ember), trostagh (faster). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abstinentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abstinente (abstentious). (various references) | |
Romanian | abstinent (abstainer, abstemious, chaste, continent, pussyfoot, teetotal, teetotaller, temperate), sobru (abstemious, austere, severe, sober, soberly, sparing, temperate, temperately), cumpãtat (abstemious, measured, mild, moderate, reserved, sober, temperate, thrifty, well balanced). (various references) | |
Russian | умеренный человек, умеренный (abstemious, conservative, measurable, medium, mild, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate), трезвый (hardheaded, sober, sober minded, teetotal), постящийся (fasting). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uzdržljiv (abstemious, continent, offish, restrained, self contained, sober), uzdržani, umereni, umeren (abstemious, gentle, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate), trezveni, trezven (sober, sober minded). (various references) | |
Spanish | abstinente (abstained, abstainer, abstaining, abstinently). (various references) | |
Swedish | måttlig (moderate, temperate). (various references) | |
Turkish | az yiyip içen, perhizkâr, kanaatkâr (abstemious, contented, frugal, thrifty). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стриманий (abstemious, abstentious, ascetic, chary, chaste, checked, close, collected, composed, continent, coy, demure, discreet, dry, guarded, low key, measured, offish, restrained, reticent, self controlled, self-composed, spartan, stand off, temperate, undemonstrative, well balanced), тверезий (sober), непитущий (abstainer, teetotal, teetotaller, temperate), поміркований (abstentious, conservative, judicious, moderate, restrained, sober, wise). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ăn uống điều độ; kiêng khem. (various references) | |
Welsh | sobr (abstemious, serious, sober), cymedrol (abstemious, moderate, temperate). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ieiunas, ieiuno, ieiunos, ieiunus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abstinent": abstinently. (additional references) | |
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"Abstinent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bastienne, obstinent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abstinent" (pronounced a"bstununt) |
| 6 | -t u n u n t | continent, impertinent, incontinent, pertinent, subcontinent. |
| 5 | -u n u n t | consonant, contaminant, covenant, immanent, imminent, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, permanent, predominant, preeminent, prominent, recombinant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent. |
| 4 | -n u n t | complainant, component, exponent, indignant, lieutenant, malignant, opponent, pennant, pregnant, proponent, remnant, repugnant, stagnant, tenant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-n-n-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: stannite. | |
-2 letters: bannets, banties, basinet, batiste, battens, bistate, inanest, instant, instate, intents, satinet, stanine, tannest, tenants, tennist. | |
-3 letters: absent, anenst, bannet, batten, bennis, bettas, binate, bitten, inanes, innate, insane, intent, sabine, sennit, sienna, sitten, taints, tanist, tenant, tenias, tennis, tineas, tisane, titans. | |
-4 letters: abets, anent, anise, antes, antis, baits, banes, banns, basin, baste, bates. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-n-n-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: abstention. | |
+2 letters: abstentions, abstinently, obtainments, snakebitten. | |
+4 letters: antiobscenity, ethnobotanies, ethnobotanist, incontestable, incontestably, obstinateness, sublieutenant. | |
+5 letters: ethnobotanists, subcontinental, sublieutenants, untenabilities. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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