abstemiousness

The word “abstemiousness” has 5 syllables: ab-ste-mi-ous-ness

It's pronounced as /əbˈstiːmiəs.nəs/


What is synonym and antonym for abstemiousness?

In the thesaurus, “abstemiousness” has 7 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abstemiousness along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abstemiousness

  • abstinence
  • ascetic
  • dieting
  • moderation
  • restraint
  • self-denial
  • temperateness

Antonyms for abstemiousness

  • gluttonousness
  • gluttony
  • immoderation
  • indulgence
  • intemperance
  • overeating
  • overindulgence
  • self-indulgence
  • wildness

Example Sentences

  • His remarkable abstemiousness in both diet and spending habits allowed him to save a considerable amount of money.
  • The monk's abstemiousness extended beyond food to include a minimalist lifestyle devoid of material possessions.
  • Her academic success was attributed not only to her intelligence but also to her disciplined abstemiousness when it came to distractions.
  • The key to her longevity was her lifelong dedication to abstemiousness, avoiding vices and excesses.
  • In a culture of extravagance, his commitment to abstemiousness was seen as both admirable and perplexing.

On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abstemiousness, such as: abstinence, ascetic, dieting, gluttonousness, gluttony, immoderation, indulgence.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abstaining

  • abnegating
  • abnegation
  • abstemious
  • abstemiousness
  • abstinence
  • abstinent
  • adjuration
  • ascetic
  • asceticism
  • austere
  • avoidance
  • brush-off
  • calm
  • chastity
  • cherry
  • clear-headed
  • cold
  • cold shoulder
  • cold sober
  • collected
  • composed
  • constrained
  • continence
  • continent
  • contradiction
  • controlled
  • controversion
  • cool
  • dark
  • declination
  • declining
  • delaying
  • disaffirmance
  • disaffirmation
  • disallowance
  • disapproval
  • disavowal
  • disciplined
  • disclaimer
  • dismissing
  • dispassionate
  • disproof
  • dissent
  • down-to-earth
  • drab
  • dry
  • drying out
  • earnest
  • eschewing
  • fasting
  • forbearance
  • forgoing
  • forswearing
  • free of alcohol
  • frugality
  • gainsaying
  • grave
  • halting
  • hard-boiled
  • hesitating
  • imperturbable
  • inhibited
  • levelheaded
  • low-key
  • lucid
  • moderate
  • moderation
  • nay
  • negation
  • negative
  • nix
  • no-nonsense
  • non-indulgence
  • nonacceptance
  • noncommittal
  • nonindulgent
  • not drinking
  • not drunk
  • not partaking of alcohol
  • on the wagon
  • pacific
  • period of abstinence
  • plain
  • practical
  • prohibition
  • protestation
  • puritanical
  • quiet
  • rational
  • realistic
  • reasonable
  • rebuff
  • rebuttal
  • refraining
  • refusing
  • refutal
  • refutation
  • rejecting
  • rejection
  • renegement
  • renouncement
  • renunciation
  • repudiating
  • repudiation
  • repulse
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • retraction
  • sedate
  • self-control
  • self-denial
  • self-possessed
  • self-restraint
  • serene
  • serious
  • severe
  • shilly-shallying
  • sober
  • soberness
  • sobriety
  • soft
  • solemn
  • somber
  • sound
  • spartan
  • staid
  • stalling
  • statement
  • statement abnegation
  • steady
  • stone cold sober
  • strict
  • subdued
  • sworn off
  • teetotalism
  • temperance
  • temperate
  • temporizing
  • toned-down
  • took the pledge
  • turndown
  • turning down
  • unexcited
  • unimpassioned
  • unintoxicated
  • unruffled
  • vacillating
  • veto
  • waffling
  • wavering

abstinence

  • abnegation
  • abstaining
  • abstemiousness
  • asceticism
  • austerity
  • avoidance
  • celibacy
  • chasteness
  • chastity
  • cherry
  • continence
  • control
  • discipline
  • fasting
  • forbearance
  • frugality
  • honor
  • innocence
  • moderation
  • modesty
  • purity
  • refraining
  • renunciation
  • restraint
  • self-abnegation
  • self-command
  • self-control
  • self-denial
  • self-discipline
  • self-mastery
  • self-restraint
  • soberness
  • sobriety
  • teetotalism
  • temperance
  • virginity
  • virtue

immaculacy

  • abstemiousness
  • abstinence
  • chasteness
  • chastity
  • cherry
  • clarity
  • cleanliness
  • cleanness
  • continence
  • decency
  • decorum
  • demureness
  • devotion
  • goodness
  • honor
  • immaculateness
  • innocence
  • integrity
  • maidenhood
  • modesty
  • monogamy
  • morality
  • probity
  • propriety
  • pureness
  • purity
  • rectitude
  • restraint
  • righteousness
  • seemliness
  • singleness
  • sinlessness
  • spotlessness
  • stainlessness
  • taintlessness
  • temperance
  • unsulliedness
  • untaintedness
  • uprightness
  • virginity
  • virtue
  • virtuousness
  • whiteness

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