Vegetarian

Quick meaning: Vegetarian is a noun meaning A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.

Meaning

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.

More Meanings

1. An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
2. Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
3. Without meat.
4. Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
5. That does not eat meat.

Example Sentences

Heh heh. You hit like a vegetarian!

Many vegetarians abhor the thought of killing animals to feed themselves and also the methods by which animals are slaughtered.

According to interviews by New York Times correspondents across the country, more and more people—especially the young—are giving up “flesh foods” in favor of a vegetarian way of life.

Must we not put to death blackbirds and thrushes because they feed on worms, or (if capital punishment offends our humanitarianism) starve them slowly by permanent captivity and vegetarian diet?

Word Forms

• vegetarians

Synonyms for vegetarian

Depending on context, synonyms include herbivore, plant-based.

Antonyms for vegetarian

Common opposites include nonvegetarian.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vegan, vegetation, veterinarian, chai, studio, herbivore.

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