Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
vegetarian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ (General-American)
- /ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From vegetable + -arian; popularized following the foundation of the British Vegetarian Society in 1847.
Meanings
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Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
According to interviews by New York Times correspondents across the country, more and more people—especially the young—are giving up “flesh foods” in favor of a vegetarian way of life.
1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2025:Must we not put to death blackbirds and thrushes because they feed on worms, or (if capital punishment offends our humanitarianism) starve them slowly by permanent captivity and vegetarian diet?
1893, David George Ritchie, Natural Rights: A Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions:
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Without meat.
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Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
Is there such a thing as a good tasting vegetarian hot dog? Cuz every one I've tried tasted like smelted tire.
2008, Wil Forbis, Acid Logic: A Decade of Humorous Writing on Pop Culture, Trash Cinema, and Rebel Music, page 208:
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That does not eat meat.
I have a vegetarian brother
Forms
Antonyms
nonvegetarian
Deriveds
vegetarian hamburger · pescovegetarianism · antivegetarian · vegetarianize · pescetarian · vegetarianist · nonvegetarian · vegetarian burger · vegetarianism · veggie · ovovegetarian · vegetarianistic · vegetarian egg · strict vegetarian · vegan · unvegetarian · lactovegetarian
Relateds
pescetarian · vegan · vagitarian · fruitarian · nutarian
Synonyms
plant-based · Pythagorean
Translations (71)
de vegetarisch (of a person, that does not eat meat) · th เจ (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · eo vegetarana (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · be вегетарыя́нскі (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · es vegetariano (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · sv vegetarisk (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · cy cigwrthodol (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · fr végétarien (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · he צִמְחוֹנִי (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · ro vegetarial (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · et taimne (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · nl vegetarisch (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · ru вегетариа́нский (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · nrf végétarien (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · th มังสวิรัติ (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · ka ვეგეტარიანული (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · gl vexetariano (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · de pflanzlich (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · ca vegetarià (of a person, that does not eat meat) · es vegetariano (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · fi kasvis- (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · ca vegetarià (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · ms vegetarian (of a person, that does not eat meat) · ga veigeatórach (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · he צִמְחוֹנִי (of a person, that does not eat meat) · pl wegetariański (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · ga veigeatórach (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · hy բուսակեր (of a person, that does not eat meat) · el χορτοφαγικός (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · mk вегетарија́нски (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · mi kaimanga (of a person, that does not eat meat) · ko 채식주의의 (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · yi וועגעטאַריש (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · es vegetariano (of a person, that does not eat meat) · ga veigeatórach (of a person, that does not eat meat) · yi וועגעטאַריש (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · fi kasvis- (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · ga feoilséantach (of a person, that does not eat meat) · nrf végétarien (of a person, that does not eat meat) · hi शाकाहारी (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · vi ăn chay (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · ca vegetarià (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · mi kaimanga (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · ja 菜食主義の (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · vi chay (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · lv veģetārs (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · pl wegetariański (of a person, that does not eat meat) · de vegetarisch (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · pt vegetariano (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · gl vexetariano (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · fi kasvissyöjä- (of a person, that does not eat meat) · gl vexetariano (of a person, that does not eat meat) · ga feoilséantach (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · uk вегетаріа́нський (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · pl wegetariański (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · pl jarski (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · pl jarski (of a person, that does not eat meat) · it vegetariano (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · ja 草食の (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · hi शाकाहारी (of a person, that does not eat meat) · sv vegetarisk (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · nrf végétarien (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · ga feoilséantach (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) · ms pemayur (of a person, that does not eat meat) · yi וועגעטאַריש (of a person, that does not eat meat) · de vegetarisch (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · vo härbatimik (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · pl jarski (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · cy llysfwytäol (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · sh vegetarìjānskī (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) · bg вегетариа́нски (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians)
wikipedia: Vegetarian Society
vegetarian en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ (General-American)
- /ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From vegetable + -arian; popularized following the foundation of the British Vegetarian Society in 1847.
Meanings
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A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
"The sight and smell of raw meat are especially odious to me, and I have often thought that if I had had to be my own cook, I should inevitably become a vegetarian, probably, indeed, return entirely to my green and salad days."
1839, Fanny Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, New York: Harper and Brothers, published 1863, pp. 197-198:Vegetarian Society […] A society […] formed at Manchester in 1847, to promote the use of cereals, pulse, and fruit, as articles of diet; and to induce habits of abstinence from fish, flesh, and fowl, as food.
1897, Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume 4, page 5045:Heh heh. You hit like a vegetarian!
2013, Miles Chapman, Arnell Jesko, Escape Plan, spoken by Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger):vegetarian […] One who abstains from animal food, living exclusively on vegetables, milk, eggs, and the like. The more strict vegetarians eat vegetables and farinaceous food only, abstaining from eggs, butter, milk, and in some cases, honey.
1897, Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume 4, page 5045:Many vegetarians abhor the thought of killing animals to feed themselves and also the methods by which animals are slaughtered.
1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2025:I went in for all books available on vegetarianism and read them. One of these, Howard Williams' The Ethics of Diet, was a 'biographical history of the literature of humane dietetics from the earliest period to the present day'. It tried to make out, that all philosophers and prophets from Pythagoras and Jesus down to those of the present age were vegetarians.
1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xv
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An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
Forms
Coordinates
meatatarian (person that only eats meat) · omnivore (animal that also eats meat) · meatarian (person that only eats meat) · carnivore (animal that only eats meat)
Deriveds
eggetarian · lactarian · lacto-ovo-vegetarian · semivegetarian · vegeburger · I'm a vegetarian · vegaquarian · pescovegetarian · pescetarian · veggo · fishetarian · vegetarianly · nonvegetarian · Vegetarianism · veggie · flexitarian · ovovegetarian · meatatarian · kangatarian · vegetarianness · demi-vegetarian · reducetarian · strict vegetarian · vegan · ovolactovegetarian · lactovegetarian
Hyponyms
lacto-ovo-vegetarian (person who does not eat animals) · ovovegetarian (person who does not eat animals) · ovolactovegetarian (person who does not eat animals) · ovo-lacto-vegetarian (person who does not eat animals) · lactarian (person who does not eat animals) · vegan (person who does not eat animals) · lactoovovegetarian (person who does not eat animals) · lactovegetarian (person who does not eat animals) · eggetarian (person who does not eat animals)
Synonyms
herbivore
Translations (127)
tr otçul (plant-eating animal) · ca vegetariana (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · sk vegetariánka (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · tr etyemez (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ar نَبَاتِيّ (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · fo grønmetiseta (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · pl roślinożerca (plant-eating animal) · da planteæder (plant-eating animal) · bg вегетариа́нец (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · cy cigwrthodwr (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · gd glasraichear (plant-eating animal) · sv vegetarian (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · br vejetarian (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · sh bȉljojēd (plant-eating animal) · de Pflanzenfresser (plant-eating animal) · da herbivor (plant-eating animal) · hy բուսակեր (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ja ベジタリアン (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · et taimetoitlane (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · fr herbivore (plant-eating animal) · lt vegetaras (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ms pemayur (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ga feoilséantóir (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · mk вегетарија́нка (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ms vegetarian (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · hi शाकाहारी (plant-eating animal) · eo vegetarano (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · pl wegetarianka (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · lv veģetārietis (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · gd lusair (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · vo jihärbatiman (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · es vegetariana (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · vo härbatiman (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · vi người ăn chay (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ja 草食 (plant-eating animal) · it vegetariano (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ro vegetariană (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · gl vexetariana (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · sk vegetarián (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ko 채식주의자 (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ka ვეგეტარიანელი (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · yi וועגעטאַריער (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · cmn 吃素的人 (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · cy llysieuwr (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ka ბალახისმჭამელი (plant-eating animal) · pt herbívoro (plant-eating animal) · fr végétarien (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · el χορτοφάγος (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · mk тревопа́сно (plant-eating animal) · ru вегетариа́нец (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · is grænmetisæta (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ja 菜食主義者 (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · mi kaimanga (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · sw mla mboga (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · fi kasvinsyöjä (plant-eating animal) · tr vejetaryen (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · de Vegetarierin (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ga veigeatóir (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · gl vexetariano (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · da vegetar (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ca vegetarià (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · el φυτοφάγο (plant-eating animal) · sh vegetarìjānka (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · be вегетарыя́нка (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · fi vegetaristi (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · gd glasraichear (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · lt vegetarė (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · tl hingutan (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · tl manggugulayin (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · uk вегетаріа́нка (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · cs vegetariánka (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · cmn 素食者 (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · tl kaing-gulay (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · vo hihärbatiman (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · de Vegetarier (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · sh bȉljožder (plant-eating animal) · pt vegetariano (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ga luibhiteoir (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · cmn 素食主義者 /素食主义者 (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · nl vegetariër (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ro vegetarian (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · gd lusair (plant-eating animal) · bg вегетариа́нка (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · gl herbívoro (plant-eating animal) · cs vegetarián (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · li gruuensaeter (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · af vegetariër (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · hu növényevő (plant-eating animal) · ro ierbivor (plant-eating animal) · fa گیاهخوار (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · hi शाकाहारी (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · nl herbivoor (plant-eating animal) · fi kasvissyöjä (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · sq vegjetarian (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · cy llysysor (plant-eating animal) · gd feòil-sheachnair (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · he צמחוני (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ru вегетариа́нка (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · es vegetariano (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · tl kaing-awoy (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · no vegetarianer (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ne शाकाहारी (plant-eating animal) · sl vegetarijanec (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · cs býložravec (plant-eating animal) · hu vegetáriánus (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · sl vegetarijanka (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · bg тревоя́дно (plant-eating animal) · fa وژتارین (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · vo planihifidaf (plant-eating animal) · pt vegetariana (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · pl wegetarianin (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · pl jarosz (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · be вегетарыя́нец (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · ru травоя́дное (plant-eating animal) · vo planifidaf (plant-eating animal) · cy llysysydd (plant-eating animal) · fr végétarienne (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · mk вегетарија́нец (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · sh vegetarijánac (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · cy llysfwytäwr (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · af herbivoor (plant-eating animal) · uk вегетаріа́нець (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · pl jaroszka (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · th มังสวิรัติ (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · li greunsaeter (person who does not eat any animal flesh) · gd feòil-sheachnair (plant-eating animal) · vo planijifidaf (plant-eating animal)
wikipedia: Vegetarian Society