as in dry
a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages
for religious reasons she's been a total abstainer her entire life
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Noun
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Lukashenko, a professed teetotaler, raised a toast of vodka and urged his American guest to drink.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025 -
Question: Most people who drink are considered cool, and most who don’t are viewed as straight-laced or teetotalers.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Those studies, however, focused on older people and didn’t differentiate between former drinkers and lifelong nondrinkers, thus potentially skewing the results, study authors said.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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The risk of ischemic heart disease was lower than that of nondrinkers at all six drinking levels.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Abstainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstainer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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