clean-living
Healthy and virtuous
Clean-living describes a lifestyle that avoids excess, vice, or unhealthy habits—no smoking, heavy drinking, drugs, or reckless behavior.
A clean-living person takes care of their body and makes wholesome choices: He's a clean-living guy who runs every morning and is in bed by ten.
The term can carry a slightly old-fashioned or moralistic tone.
Avoiding all alcohol
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- alcohol-freeContains no ethanol
- soberFree from intoxication
straightedge · dry · clear-headed · recovery · sobriety · nondrinking · unimpaired · moderation
Refraining from pleasures
- temperateMild, avoiding extremes
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
- restrainedHeld under control
- self-disciplinedAble to control impulses
ascetic · spartan · frugal · austere · simple · balanced · orderly · regulated
Morally excellent, principled
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- righteousMorally good, justified
- wholesomeConducive to well-being
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
chaste · decent · respectable · honorable · principled · integrity · moral · conscientious
teetotal
Avoiding all alcohol
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- alcohol-freeContains no ethanol
sober · straightedge · dry · clear-headed · recovery · sobriety · nondrinking · unimpaired · moderation · self-control
abstinent
Refraining from pleasures
- temperateMild, avoiding extremes
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
- restrainedHeld under control
self-disciplined · ascetic · spartan · frugal · austere · simple · balanced · orderly · regulated · mindful
virtuous
Morally excellent, principled
pure · chaste · decent · respectable · honorable · principled · integrity · moral · conscientious · incorruptible
wholesome
Conducive to well-being
exercise · hygiene · organic · hydration · diet · vitamins · preventive · self-care · detox · antioxidants
clean-livingunhealthy
Harmful to wellbeing
hard-drinking · dissipated · self-destructive · intemperate · addicted
clean-livingdisreputable
Having poor standing
scandalous · notorious · shameless · sordid · seedy
clean, lively, alive, living, cleaner, cleaned, unclean, cleanliness, liveliness