nonindulgent

Questions about nonindulgent

What does nonindulgent mean?

nonindulgent means "characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint".

How many syllables are in nonindulgent?

nonindulgent has 4 syllables: no-nin-dul-gent. The stress falls on "nin".

What is another word for nonindulgent?

Close synonyms include strict. 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 nonindulgent?

The recorded antonyms are indulgent.

Is nonindulgent a common word?

nonindulgent 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.