VEGANS Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

vegans

noun

plural of vegan

as in vegetarians

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Relevance

Dissimilar Words

carnivores

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Recent Examples of vegans That included looking at everything from the average cost of groceries for vegetarians and vegans, the number of restaurants with vegetarian and vegan offerings, and for the vegetarian lifestyle, the availability of vegan and vegetarian festivals. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025

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Noun

That included looking at everything from the average cost of groceries for vegetarians and vegans, the number of restaurants with vegetarian and vegan offerings, and for the vegetarian lifestyle, the availability of vegan and vegetarian festivals.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025

Definition of vegetarians

Noun

The body itself was badly decomposed after spending an unknown amount of time exposed to the elements, with animals, bugs and rain, plus 50 years in storage.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Because the existing hole was too small, crews used a saw to cut a larger opening and lowered a ladder inside to give the animals an easy way out.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of animals

Noun

The same process occurs in the radish’s spicier cousins, and the resulting chemicals are thought to help deter herbivores and pests.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
But Carcache wonders whether the vine might also deter herbivores, offering some protection to its host.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of herbivores

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