teetotaler

Noun CEFR B2

ˈtitoʊtəlɚ

Definitions

A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages.

US

Equivalents

20 more languages

العربيةممتنع عن الخمور مُمْتَنِع عَنْ الْمُسْكِرَات مُمْتَنِع عَنْ شُرْب الْكُحُول

Bosanskitrezvenjak trezvenjakinja vodopijaводопија трезвењак трезвењакиња

Catalàabstemi

Češtinaabstinent abstinentka

Danskafholdsmand

Esperantoabstinenculo

Suomiabsolutisti maitopoika raitisraivoraitis

Hrvatskitrezvenjak trezvenjakinja vodopijaводопија трезвењак трезвењакиња

Magyarantialkoholista

Italianoastemia astemio

日本語下戸

Македонскитрезвеник

Nederlandsgeheelonthouder geheelonthoudster

Polskiabstynent abstynentka

Portuguêsabstemia abstémio

Românăantialcoolic

Русскийтре́звенник тре́звенница

Српскиtrezvenjak trezvenjakinja vodopijaводопија трезвењак трезвењакиња

Svenskaabsolutist helnykterist nykterist

Examples

“[Richard] Nixon was becoming erratic and drinking too much, so [James] Schlesinger told the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that any “unusual” orders from Nixon should be routed over to him. […] [Donald] Trump is famously a teetotaler, but he has publicly surpassed Nixon’s anguish and paranoia.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Teetotalers Teetotalism teetotalist Teetotaller Teetotallers teetotum

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