Meanings
nounsemivegetarian (plural semivegetarians)
plural semivegetarians
- One who does not eat very much flesh.
adjectivesemivegetarian (not comparable)
- not comparableBeing a semivegetarian (in either sense).
- not comparableFit for a semivegetarian to eat; that is, not containing certain kinds of flesh.
Synonyms: flexitarian, lessetarian, semitarian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFit for a semivegetarian to eat; that is, not containing certain kinds of flesh.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Latinvegetābilis
- Old Frenchvegetable
- Middle Englishvegetable
- Englishvegetable
- Englishvegetarian
- Englishsemivegetarian
From semi- + vegetarian.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with semivegetarian
BulgarianvegetarianhumanitarianlibrarianpresbyterianovarianlibertarianMarianunitarianDariensectarianagrariantotalitarianAryanvaleriancontrarianaquarianproletarianSumeriancaesareanarionDariantrinitarianBolivarian
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
semivegetarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semivegetarian
MLA
“semivegetarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semivegetarian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semivegetarian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semivegetarian.
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