teetotal

Questions about teetotal

What does teetotal mean?

teetotal means "practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in teetotal?

teetotal has 3 syllables: tee-to-tal. The stress falls on "tee".

What is another word for teetotal?

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 teetotal a common word?

teetotal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.