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One-word substitute: “A person who abstains from alcohol” is called:

A. Puritan
B. Pedant
C. Teetotaller
D. Samaritan
Correct Answer: C. Teetotaller

Correct answer: Teetotaller. A teetotaller never drinks alcohol.

Background: A teetotaller totally abstains from alcohol. The word is linked to the 19th-century temperance movement.

  • Puritan: A puritan follows very strict moral rules.
  • Pedant: A pedant is overly concerned with minor details of learning.
  • Samaritan: A Samaritan is a helpful, kind person.

Did you know? Other useful one-word substitutes: pedant (fussy about rules), Samaritan (helpful stranger).

Memory trick: TEE-TOTAL = total abstinence.

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