as in abstainer
a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages
a variety of nonalcoholic drinks for the nondrinkers at the party
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Recent Examples of nondrinker
There's plenty for nondrinkers, too.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
For the drinker-nondrinker, Dry January might feel like a nice reset or a worthwhile experiment.
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Senior Wine Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Jan. 2026
Those studies, however, focused on older people and didn’t differentiate between former drinkers and lifelong nondrinkers, thus potentially skewing the results, study authors said.
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Sandee Lamotte,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
Second, nonalcoholic products have been successfully marketed not only to nondrinkers but to regular beer consumers.
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Clark Danderson,
The Conversation,
13 Dec. 2023
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
For the drinker-nondrinker, Dry January might feel like a nice reset or a worthwhile experiment.
—
Senior Wine Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Jan. 2026
Those studies, however, focused on older people and didn’t differentiate between former drinkers and lifelong nondrinkers, thus potentially skewing the results, study authors said.
—
Sandee Lamotte,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
Second, nonalcoholic products have been successfully marketed not only to nondrinkers but to regular beer consumers.
—
Clark Danderson,
The Conversation,
13 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondrinker
abstainer
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Strikingly, this came at the expense of the time workers spent on highly focused, uninterrupted work, which fell by 9 percent for AI users, and stayed the same for AI abstainers.
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Heavier drinkers had higher mortality than lighter drinkers, but the study excluded lifelong abstainers — many of whom stop drinking because of illness or medication use.
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“Nondrinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondrinker. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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