nondrinker

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noun

One who does not drink alcohol; a teetotaler.

Opposite
Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounnondrinker (plural nondrinkers)

plural nondrinkers

  1. 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 2021
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    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 17

    Synonyms: teetotaler, abstainer

  2. Someone who does not drink a specified beverage (milk, wine, coffee, etc).

    Data were analyzed to test differences between: (1) drinkers and nondrinkers of milk, and (2) [...]

    1959, Daniel A. Swope, Francena Lounsbery Nolan, Basic Appeals in Consumer Acceptance of Milk

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who does not drink alcohol; a teetotaler.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages

Opposite

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
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APA

nondrinker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondrinker

MLA

“nondrinker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondrinker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nondrinker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondrinker.

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