Ascetic

/əˈsɛ.tɪk/

Synonyms for "ascetic" (292 found)

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Closest matches (59)

abbacomes abbot abstainer abstemious abstinent albigensian anchoress anchorite anchoritic antisocial apologetic apostolic apostolici astringent atoning austere bald banian bare beadsman

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bedridden invalidbhikshu brother caloyer candid catharist celibate cenobite chaste cleansingcloistered monkcloset cyniccommon commonplace compensational compensatory continent conventualconventual priordecent dervishdesert fathersdesert saintsdiogenes

Verb(2 words)

abnegated abnegating

Noun(8 words)

abnegator abstainer abstinent anchorites austere carmelite celibates dervishes

Adjective(5 words)

ascetical austereaustere appearanceausterer austerest

Strong matches (87)

direct disciplined dry dull dwarfed dwarfish encratic encratite eremite eremitic exiguous expiatory fakir flagellant forbearing franciscan frank friar frugal fruitarian

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grand priorgymnosophist hermit hermitess hieromonach hieronymian hieronymite homebody homely homespun hydropot impoverished invalid isolationist jejunelay abbotlay brotherlean lenten limited loner lustral lustrational lustrative maraboutmatter-of-factmeager mean mendicant miserly monastic monk mortified narrow natural neat nephalist nephalistic niggardlyon the wagonopen outcast palmer paltry pariah parsimonious

Noun(17 words)

disciplinarians essene fakeer fakirs faqir faquir fasting forsaking hermit hermite jansenist mennonitemonastic robemonastic vowmonk monks mystic

Adjective(3 words)

eremiticalmonastic lifemonastical

Adverb(1 words)

most solitary person

Related words (146)

penitential piacular pilgrimpillar saintpillarist plainplain spokenplain-speaking plain-spoken poor prior propitiatory prosaic prosing prosy puny pure purgative purgatorial purifying

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puritan puritanical pythagorean pythagorist rechabite reclamatory recluse recompensing redeeming redemptive redressing religieux religious reparative reparatory repentant repenting restitutional restitutive restitutory restrained righting rigoristic rigorous rustic sabbatarian sannyasi satisfactional scant scanty schooled scrawny scrimp scrimpy seclusionist self-abasing self-abnegating self-denying self-forgetful selfless severesexually abstinentshakershut inshut-in simple simple-speaking skimp skimpy slender slight slim small sober solitaire solitary solitudinarian spare sparing spartan squaring stark starvationstay-at-homestern stingy stinted stoic straightforward straitened stunted stylite subsistencesworn offteetotal teetotaler teetotalist temperate thintimon of athenstrained trappist unadorned unaffected unimaginative unnourishing unnutritious unpoetical unvarnished vegetarian waldensian water-drinker watered waterywedded to povertyyogi yogin

Noun(23 words)

plain puritans recluse renouncing renunciant renunciatory sadhu sannyasin sanyasi self-denier self-denying spartan spartanizing spartans starets straightedge swamis unadornedunmoved by tragedyvotaries

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yogins yogis zen

Adjective(6 words)

religious orderspartanspartan citizenspartan designspartanlike undesiring

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More general

10 entries

being discipline ethics habits human lifestyle person philosophyreligious personself-control

More specific

8 entries

anchorite friar hermit monastic monk self-denialsimple livingspartan living

Collocations

7 entries

ascetic disciplineascetic lifeascetic lifestyleascetic pathascetic philosophyascetic practicesascetic tradition

Inflections

3 entries

asceticsmore asceticmost ascetic

Derivations

3 entries

ascetical ascetically asceticism

similar

1 entries

abstemious

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.

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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

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I may be an ascetic, but I appreciate a good meal.

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He lives an ascetic lifestyle.

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