Akademik

abstainer

noun

1. someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

• Syn: ↑ascetic

• Derivationally related forms: ↑ascetic (for: ↑ascetic), ↑ascetical (for: ↑ascetic), ↑abstain

• Hypernyms: ↑religious person

• Hyponyms: ↑puritan, ↑stylite

2. a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages

• Syn: ↑abstinent, ↑nondrinker

• Ant: ↑drinker (for: ↑nondrinker)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑abstinent (for: ↑abstinent), ↑abstain (for: ↑abstinent), ↑abstain

• Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑somebody, ↑mortal, ↑soul

• Hyponyms: ↑teetotaler, ↑teetotaller, ↑teetotalist

Useful english dictionary. 2012.