A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
Used in a Sentence
vegetarian
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for vegetarian.
Editorial note
They assume that because the vegetarian views eating meat as something to be avoided, that the vegetarian must be judging them for eating meat.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of vegetarian gathered in one view.
An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for vegetarian.
noun
A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
noun
An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
adjective
Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
adjective
That does not eat meat.
Example sentences
They assume that because the vegetarian views eating meat as something to be avoided, that the vegetarian must be judging them for eating meat.
As such, cats are obligate carnivores -- they cannot survive on a vegan or vegetarian diet.
The one thing that being vegetarian all those years probably helped with is it helped me be more conscious of food.
It doesn't seem unreasonable to me for a vegetarian to mention which of many possible reasons are relevant to their choice.
I can't speak for cats, but it's certainly possible for dogs to do fine on a vegetarian diet.
My SO was vegetarian for 14 years and this happened from time to time.
It's odd when people get defensive about it when you just say you're vegetarian, but I know it happens.
That said, I'm not a vegetarian, and I care more about my selfish desires than what is right or wrong.
Until very recently, mostly everyone has been a vegetarian so I don't believe your meat proposal is the whole story.
Today, even in big cities, you will have trouble finding a house on rent if you tell land lord that you are a non vegetarian.
Haha, I was a vegetarian for 20 years -- 15 to 35 years old.
Before the degree of my ORA was known, I did play at being vegetarian for 6 months for ecological, not moral reasons.
Quote examples
You're trying to figure out where to eat, and someone suggests a steakhouse, and someone else says "Er, I'm a vegetarian".
> [...] millions of vegetarians who are as healthy as animal eating [...] Note that megaman22 said "vegan", not "vegetarian".
Some of the more explicit ones I can think of off the top of my head are: After they found out I was vegetarian "Oh of course you are" Woman in the office said she has never seen me on Tinder, coworker replys "Its cause he's on Grindr" I can think of a few others but I don't want to post anything thats too identifiable.
Similarly, because the FP programmer views mutable state as a dangerous practice, the listener who uses mutable state views the FP's attitude as judgemental, "You're not using best practices!" But, like the vegetarian who encounters someone who wants to try giving up meat, and is asking for recipes and ideas, FP programmers will, indeed, bend over backwards for someone who is trying to enter the functional world.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use vegetarian in a sentence?
They assume that because the vegetarian views eating meat as something to be avoided, that the vegetarian must be judging them for eating meat.
What does vegetarian mean?
A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
What part of speech is vegetarian?
vegetarian is commonly used as noun, adjective.