Synonyms for ascetic

Noun

1. abstainer, ascetic, religionist, religious person

usage: practices self denial as spiritual discipline

Adjective

1. ascetic, ascetical

usage: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"

2. ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan, abstemious (vs. gluttonous)

usage: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"