Dictionary

teetotaler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈtiːtəʊtələ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English teetotal Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English teetotaler From teetotal + -er.

Meanings

1. (US) A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages.
   • [Richard] Nixon was becoming erratic and drinking too much, so [James] Schlesinger told the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that any “unusual” orders from Nixon should be routed over to him. […] [Donald] Trump is famously a teetotaler, but he has publicly surpassed Nixon’s anguish and paranoia. 2025 November 21, Tom Nichols, “The President Is Losing Control of Himself”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2025:

Forms

Antonyms

imbiber · drinker · partaker · drunkard

Deriveds

nonteetotaler

Hypernyms

person

Hyponyms

Good Templar · designated driver · dry · prohibitionist

Relateds

teetotal · teetotalism · take the pledge · teetotaling · on the wagon · sober · teetotally

Synonyms

nondrinker · aquabib · hydropot · teetotalist · abstainer · water-drinker · abstinent · teetotaler

Translations (71)

cs abstinent (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · sk abstinentka (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · fi raitis (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · dsb abstinenclaŕ (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ar مُمْتَنِع عَنْ الْمُسْكِرَات (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Abstinenzler (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · pt abstémio (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · csb abstinent (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · pt abstémia (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Temperenzlerin (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · nl geheelonthoudster (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Alkoholgegnerin (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · es aguado (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Nichttrinkerin (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · da afholdsmand (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · cy llwyrymwrthodwr (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ar مُمْتَنِع عَنْ الْخُمُور (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · it astemio (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ro abstinent (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · fr abstème (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · pt abstêmia (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · pl niepijąca (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Abstinent (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · nl geheelonthouder (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · pt abstêmio (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · pl niepijący (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · sv nykterist (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · fr abstinent (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · fi maitopoika (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Alkoholgegner (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · cmn 滴酒不沾的人 (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · sv helnykterist (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · es temperante (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · grc ὑδατοπότης (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · fr abstinente (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ru тре́звенник (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · fr néphaliste (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · it astemia (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Antialkoholiker (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · pl abstynentka (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · pl abstynent (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · mk тре́звеник (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · af geheelonthouer (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · cs abstinentka (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · bg трезвеник (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ca aiguader (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · mi wainamu (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ja 下戸 (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Nichttrinker (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ca abstemi (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Abstinentin (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ro antialcoolic (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · dsb antialkoholikaŕ (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · sk abstinent (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · et karsklane (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · hu antialkoholista (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Temperenzler (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · cy llwyrymataliwr (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · mi tītotara (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · sv absolutist (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Antialkoholikerin (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · cy dirwestwr (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · fi absolutisti (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · bg трезвеница (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ar مُمْتَنِع عَنْ شُرْب الْكُحُول (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · es abstemia (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · es abstemio (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · de Abstinenzlerin (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ru тре́звенница (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · eo abstinenculo (person who completely abstains from alcohol) · ga staonaire (person who completely abstains from alcohol)