NONDRINKERS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

nondrinkers

noun

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plural of nondrinker

as in abstainers

a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages a variety of nonalcoholic drinks for the nondrinkers at the party

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Recent Examples of nondrinkers Many of us — maybe most of us — are both drinkers and nondrinkers, depending on the mood, the company, the day of the week, the month. —

Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2026 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 With more than half of Gen Z claiming to be alcohol-free and 49 percent of Americans reportedly trying to drink less, wine regions are striving to craft experiences for nondrinkers. —

Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2025

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abstainers

Noun

Strikingly, this came at the expense of the time workers spent on highly focused, uninterrupted work, which fell by 9 percent for AI users, and stayed the same for AI abstainers.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Mar. 2026
Heavier drinkers had higher mortality than lighter drinkers, but the study excluded lifelong abstainers — many of whom stop drinking because of illness or medication use.

— Robert M. Kaplan, STAT, 1 Jan. 2026