abstemious

1 antonym for abstemious — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Eating and drinking only small amounts, especially of alcohol, in a careful, controlled way.

Synonyms by Meaning

1. adj

Eating and drinking only small amounts, especially of alcohol, in a careful, controlled way.

“In the dimness of the landing I could not see him very well, but there was something in his voice that surprised me. I knew he was of abstemious habit or I should have thought he had been drinking.”

temperate abstinent light sober

Opposites

gluttonous

2. adj

Careful not to give in too freely to one's desires or urges.

sober continent

3. adj

Used only in small, careful amounts.

chary economical parsimonious moderate frugal prudent sparing

4. adj

Involving, or spent in, deliberately going without pleasures such as food or drink.

temperate

Antonyms

gluttonous

Etymology

Abstemious comes from Latin abstēmius (“abstaining from wine”), formed from ab, abs (“from”) and tēmus, a root of tēmētum (“intoxicating drink, especially strong mead or wine”) — possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark (referring to the colour of wine)”) — plus -ous.

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