- Types Of Speech
- You can use abstemious as a article or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Abstemious
- A 4 syllables article and 10 letters with the letters a, b, e, i, m, o, s, t, and u, 5 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters em. Abstemious starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, ab, abs, abst, abste, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, ious, mious, ..
- Definition
- Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Abstemious is set as a sat word that starts with a, ends with s, 4 syllables, 5 vowels and 10 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Abstemious in Pig Latin is said as "abstemiousay or abstemiousway".
- Unigram
- a | b | s | t | e | m | i | o | u | s
- Bigram
- ab | bs | st | te | em | mi | io | ou | us
- Trigram
- abs | bst | ste | tem | emi | mio | iou | ous
- Quadrigram
- abst | bste | stem | temi | emio | miou | ious
- Word Gram
- Article Examples
- sparing in consumption of especially food and drink;
"the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- marked by temperance in indulgence;
"abstemious meals";
"a light eater";
"a light smoker";
"ate a light supper"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstainer | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Abstentious | self-restraining not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink "not totally abstinent but abstemious" |
| Abstinent | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Apostolic | of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings |
| Apostolical | of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings |
| Ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline |
| Ascetical | practicing great self-denial "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James "a desert nomad''s austere life" "a spartan diet" "a spartan existence" |
| Austere | practicing great self-denial "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James "a desert nomad''s austere life" "a spartan diet" "a spartan existence" |
| Broken | physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split or legally or emotionally destroyed "a broken mirror" "a broken tooth" "a broken leg" "his neck is broken" "children from broken homes" "a broken marriage" "a broken heart" |
| Celibate | an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity |
View all cognitive synonyms for Abstemious
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gluttonous | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands" "a gluttonous debauch" "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstemious | sparing in consumption of especially food and drink "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy |
View English words with the unique letters used in abstemious. Words With The Letters Abeimostu
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstentious | self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" |
| Abstinent | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline |
| Ascetical | practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad''s austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" |
| Austere | practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad''s austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" |
| Spartan | a resident of Sparta |
| See Also | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonindulgent | not indulgent |
Abstemious Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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