Meanings
plural nondrinkers
- One who does not drink alcohol; a teetotaler.
After eliminating alcohol from their lives, some sober individuals exclusively date nondrinkers.
2020 December 29, Hilary Sheinbaum, “Finding Love Without Alcohol”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Feb 20211 more example
A majority of adolescents (66%) believe that an adolescent who changed from heavy drinker to nondrinker will be accepted by nondrinkers/moderate drinkers.
1985, The Journal of Applied Social Sciences, Volumes 10-11, Digitized edition, Case Western Reserve University, published 2006, page 17Synonyms: teetotaler, abstainer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who does not drink alcohol; a teetotaler.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian въздържател
- въздържател (văzdăržatel)teetotaler
Estonian karsklane
- karsklaneteetotaler
Māori tītotara, wainamu
- tītotarateetotaler
- wainamuteetotaler
Swedish nykterist
- nykteristteetotaler
Cite this entry
nondrinker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondrinker
“nondrinker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondrinker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nondrinker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondrinker.
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