vegan
Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
Adjective 3 meanings
Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
“He eats a completely vegan diet.”
Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
“She is not vegan as she eats eggs and wears leather.”
Relating to vegans or veganism.
“Yesterday I went to a vegan party.”
Noun 2 meanings
A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.
“Our vegan-friendly shaving brush is made with synthetic bristles instead of badger hair.”
Etymology
Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first used in the name of The Vegan News.
VEGAN at a glance
VEGAN has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (V 4 + E 1 + G 2 + A 1 + N 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,640 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with vegan
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- BEGAN8
- VEGAS9
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