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NONDRINKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nondrinker mean?
• NONDRINKER (noun)
The noun NONDRINKER has 1 sense:
1. a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
Familiarity information: NONDRINKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
abstainer; abstinent; nondrinker
Hypernyms ("nondrinker" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nondrinker"):
teetotaler; teetotalist; teetotaller (a total abstainer)
Antonym:
drinker (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))
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