Synonyms for abstemiousæbˈsti mi əs

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  1. abstemious(adj)

    sparing in consumption of especially food and drink

    Synonyms:
    light(a)

    Antonyms:
    overgreedy, ravenous, crapulent, esurient, piggy, rapacious, crapulous, intemperate, ravening, swinish, piggish, gluttonous, edacious, hoggish, porcine, wolfish, voracious, too-greedy, greedy

  2. abstemious, light(a)(adj)

    marked by temperance in indulgence

    Antonyms:
    piggy, hoggish, ravenous, piggish, porcine, ravening, greedy, esurient, too-greedy, voracious, swinish, wolfish, edacious, crapulous, intemperate, gluttonous, rapacious, crapulent, overgreedy

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