abstinent

abstinent is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
2. noun. One who abstains.
3. noun. One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
4. noun. a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages

   Synonyms: abstainer, nondrinker

5. adjective. self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink

   "not totally abstinent but abstemious"

   Synonyms: abstentious

Synonyms

abstainer, nondrinker, abstentious

Common word forms

abstinently

Words from these letters

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