How many syllables in abstemious?

There are 4 syllables in the word abstemious.

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Definition of abstemious:

abstemious (adjective):: reflecting such restraint; taking very little alcohol or food; adjective. marked by temperance in indulgence.; marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol

Synonyms for abstemious:

continent frugal sober light moderate ascetic austere temperate

Antonyms for abstemious:

gluttonous voracious unchaste insatiable ravenous greedy impure hungry piggy esurient

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