abstemious

1. 1.

   sparing in consumption of especially food and drink

   “the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious”

   Antonymsgluttonous

   Similarabstinentascetic
2. 2.

   marked by temperance in indulgence

   “abstemious with the use of adverbs”

   “a light eater”

   “a light smoker”

   “ate a light supper”

   Synonymslight

   Similartemperate

Questions about abstemious

What does abstemious mean?

abstemious means "sparing in consumption of especially food and drink". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abstemious?

abstemious has 4 syllables: ab-ste-mi-ous. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for abstemious?

Close synonyms include light. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of abstemious?

The recorded antonyms are gluttonous.

Is abstemious a common word?

abstemious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.