abstentious

1. 1.

   self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink

   “not totally abstinent but abstemious”

   Synonymsabstinent

   Similarabstemious

Questions about abstentious

What does abstentious mean?

abstentious means "self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink".

How many syllables are in abstentious?

abstentious has 4 syllables: ab-sten-ti-ous. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for abstentious?

Close synonyms include abstinent. 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.

Is abstentious a common word?

abstentious 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.