teetotal
Plural: teetotals
Verb
Verb Forms: teetotaled, teetotaling, teetotals, teetotalled, teetotalling
- To completely abstain from drinking alcoholic beverages.
- practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages
- To advocate or practice the total abstinence from alcohol.
Adjective Satellite
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
Adj
- Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
- Opposed to the drinking of alcohol.
- Total.
Noun
- One who abstains from drinking alcohol.
Examples
- He decided to teetotal from risky plays, sticking only to sure bets.
Origin / Etymology
From total, the reduplicated tee acts as an intensifier, hence T-total. First use appears in 1834.
Synonyms
dry, on the wagon, pioneer, straightedge, teetotaler
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
teetotal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordteetotal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
teetotal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary