DIETING Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

dieting 1 of 2

noun

as in abstemiousness

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dieting

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verb

present participle of diet

as in fasting

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fasting

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Noun

Those include dieting, skipping meals, binge eating and excessive exercise. — Erin Harrop, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026 Gurel writes that the associations with hippies, dieting, and dessert-like snacks all gave yogurt a feminine connotation. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 11 Aug. 2026 But the broader narrative that repeated dieting inevitably hollows out lean tissue is not supported by the current body of evidence. — Allison Palmer updated June 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026 Medical and public health authorities generally emphasize that no single diet is appropriate for all individuals and that long-term health is more strongly associated with balanced, sustainable eating habits than with short-term dieting trends. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026 In the film, actress Midori Francis plays Hana, a medical student who becomes terrorized by a sinister force after partaking in the latest dieting fad — eating human ashes. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026 Dehydration from nausea, vomiting or diarrhea — common during dieting and especially during GLP-1 treatment — can compound kidney risks. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026 That led to an intensive year of dieting before choosing to undergo surgery in 2013. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026 Researchers came up with a drug that takes the struggle out of dieting. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dieting

Noun

The effects of such abstemiousness are less clear, though a pair of new movies point in two very different interpretative directions.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
The book promises that an abundant future is possible—a savvy framing, because some environmentalists often claim that the path to well-being runs through abstemiousness, a message that does not tend to resonate with broad swaths of society.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of abstemiousness

Verb

The clinic was founded in the 1950s by Otto Buchinger, a naval doctor who learn about fasting in India and was said to have been cured of severe rheumatoid arthritis following a 19-day water fast.

— Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2026
When fasting, Catholic followers are not required to fast completely but rather to eat one full meal and two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full one.

— Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of fasting

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