ASCETIC as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • practices self denial as spiritual discipline
   Synonym(s)
   • abstainer (what does abstainer mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ascetic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • religionist (what does religionist mean?)
   • religious person (what does religious person mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • puritan (what does puritan mean?)
   • stylite (what does stylite mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • abstain (what does abstain mean?)
   • refrain (what does refrain mean?)
   • desist (what does desist mean?)

ASCETIC as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • practicing great self-denial
   Synonym(s)
   • ascetical (what does ascetical mean?)
   • austere (what does austere mean?)
   • spartan (what does spartan mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Be systematically ascetic…do…something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it- William James
   • a desert nomad’’s austere life
   • a spartan diet
   • a spartan existence
   Similar To
   • abstemious (what does abstemious mean?)
2. Meaning
   • pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
   Synonym(s)
   • ascetical (what does ascetical mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • ascetic practices
   Pertainym(s)
   • abstainer (what does abstainer mean?)
   • ascetic (what does ascetic mean?)
   • abstainer (what does abstainer mean?)
   • ascetic (what does ascetic mean?)