Standard Lemma guide

non-smoker

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Somebody who does not smoke tobacco.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A railway carriage where smoking tobacco is not permitted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English smoker English non-smoker From non- + smoker.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: nie-roker — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Belarusian: некурэ́ц (njekuréc) — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Bulgarian: непушач (nepušač) — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Catalan: no fumador — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Catalan: no fumadora — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非吸煙者 /非吸烟者 (fēixīyānzhě) — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Czech: nekuřák — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Czech: nekuřačka — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Danish: ikkeryger — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Dutch: niet-roker — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Dutch: niet-rookster — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Estonian: mittesuitsetaja — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Finnish: tupakoimaton — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • French: non-fumeur — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • French: non-fumeuse — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • German: Nichtraucher — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • German: Nichtraucherin — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Italian: non fumatore — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Italian: non fumatrice — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Japanese: 非喫煙者 (hikitsuensha) — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Macedonian: непушач (nepušač) — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Manx: neuyaagheyder — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ikke-røyker — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ikke-røker — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje-røykjar — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Polish: niepalący — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Polish: niepaląca — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Portuguese: não-fumante — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Romanian: nefumător — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Russian: некуря́щий (nekurjáščij) — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Russian: некуря́щая (nekurjáščaja) — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Serbo-Croatian: непу̀ша̄ч — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Serbo-Croatian: непуша̀чица — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Serbo-Croatian: nepùšāč — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Serbo-Croatian: nepušàčica — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Slovak: nefajčiar — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Slovak: nefajčiarka — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Slovene: nekadilec — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Spanish: no fumador — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Spanish: no fumadora — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Swedish: icke-rökare — somebody who does not smoke tobacco
  • Ukrainian: некуре́ць (nekurécʹ) — somebody who does not smoke tobacco