vegetarian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: veg=e=tar=i=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

vegetarian, n. 

 One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk, and are sometimes referred tro as vegans.  [1913 Webster]

vegetarian, a. 

 Of or pertaining to vegetarianism; as, a vegetarian diet.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vegetarian, n. & adj.
--n. a person who abstains from animal food, esp. that from slaughtered animals, though often not eggs and dairy products.
--adj. excluding animal food, esp. meat (a vegetarian diet).

Derivative

vegetarianism n.

Etymology

irreg. f. VEGETABLE + -ARIAN

THESAURUS

vegetarian

Apostolic, Apostolici, Brillat-Savarin, Encratic, Encratite, Lenten, Lucullus, Pythagorean, Pythagorist, Rechabite, Shaker, Spartan, Stoic, abstainer, abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, banian, board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, botanic, bulbous, cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivore, carnivorous, celibate, cereal, chaste, commensal, connoisseur of food, consumer, continent, dietetic, diner, diner-out, dining, eater, eater-out, eating, epicure, farinaceous, feeder, feeding, flesh-eater, flesh-eating, fruitarian, fruitlike, fruity, gastronome, gastronomic, glutton, gluttonous, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, grain-eating, graminivore, graminivorous, granivore, granivorous, grass-eating, gymnosophist, herbaceous, herbal, herbivore, herbivorous, herbose, herbous, herby, high liver, hungry mouth, hydropot, insect-eating, insectivorous, lactovegetarian, leguminose, leguminous, luncher, man-eater, man-eating, meat-eater, meat-eating, mensal, mouth, nephalist, nephalistic, nourishing, nutritious, omnivore, omnivorous, omophagist, omophagous, on the wagon, pantophagist, pantophagous, phytivorous, phytophage, phytophagous, picnicker, plant-eater, plant-eating, plantlike, postprandial, prandial, predacean, predacious, preprandial, radicated, radiciform, radicular, rhizoid, rootlike, sexually abstinent, sworn off, teetotal, teetotaler, teetotalist, trencherman, tuberous, vegetable, vegetable-eating, vegetal, vegetational, vegetative, water-drinker, weedy

ROGET THESAURUS

vegetarian

Temperance

N temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness, forbearance, abnegation, self-denial, self-restraint, self-control, frugality, vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence, abstinence, abstemiousness, Encratism, prohibition, system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro, Pythagorism, Stoicism, vegetarian, Pythagorean, gymnosophist, teetotaler, abstainer, designated driver, Encratite, fruitarian, hydropot, temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing, abstemious, abstinent, within compass, measured, on the wagon, on the water wagon, dry, Pythagorean, vegetarian, teetotal, appetitus rationi obediant, l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la rai, trahit sua quemque voluptas, temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness, forbearance, abnegation, self-denial, self-restraint, self-control, frugality, vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence, abstinence, abstemiousness, Encratism, prohibition, system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro, Pythagorism, Stoicism, vegetarian, Pythagorean, gymnosophist, teetotaler, abstainer, designated driver, Encratite, fruitarian, hydropot, temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing, abstemious, abstinent, within compass, measured, on the wagon, on the water wagon, dry, Pythagorean, vegetarian, teetotal, appetitus rationi obediant, l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la rai, trahit sua quemque voluptas.