prohibitionist

Questions about prohibitionist

What does prohibitionist mean?

prohibitionist means "a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages".

How many syllables are in prohibitionist?

prohibitionist has 6 syllables and divides as pro-hi-bi-ti-o-nist under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for prohibitionist?

Close synonyms include dry. 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 prohibitionist a common word?

prohibitionist 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.