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abstemious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of abstemious

given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites

being abstemious diners, they avoid restaurants with all-you-can-eat buffets

Synonyms of abstemious

abstentious, abstinent, continent, self-abnegating, self-denying, sober, temperate

Words Related to abstemious

ascetic (also ascetical), austere

disciplined, self-controlled, self-disciplined, self-governed

Near Antonyms of abstemious

gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, voracious

Cyrenaic, hedonistic, self-pleasing, sensual, sybaritic, voluptuous, voluptuary

masturbatory, onanistic

Antonyms of abstemious

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