English adjective: ascetic | |||
1. | ascetic pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline | ||
Samples | Ascetic practices. | ||
Synonyms | ascetical | ||
2. | ascetic practicing great self-denial | ||
Samples | Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it. A desert nomad's austere life. A spartan diet. A spartan existence. | ||
Synonyms | ascetical, austere, spartan | ||
Similar | abstemious | ||
Antonyms | gluttonous | ||
English noun: ascetic | |||
1. | ascetic (person) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | ||
Synonyms | abstainer | ||
Broader (hypernym) | religious person | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | puritan, stylite | ||