vegan
Syllables: ve·gan/ˈviːɡən/
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vegan adjective: not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
Adjective (1)
vegan (not comparable)
- Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
- He eats a completely vegan diet.
- This chocolate cake is vegan.
- Synonyms:
- plant-based
- 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.
- She is interested in vegan philosophy.
Noun (1)
vegan (plural vegans)
- 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.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Vegan
Vegan (not comparable)
- Relating to the star Vega.
Noun (2) capitalized: Vegan
Vegan (plural Vegans)
- Someone from the vicinity of the star Vega.
- Tommy looked deflated. He stepped back slightly, shaking his head. "Never saw such a resemblance. Are you a Vegan?" "No," Bart lied flatly. "Aldebaran. David Briscoe."1963, Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Colors of Space
Noun (3) capitalized: Vegan
Vegan (plural Vegans)
- Ellipsis of Las Vegan (“someone from Las Vegas”).
- […] James G. Scrugham (later to become governor of the state, and a congressman) and Vegans Roy W. Martin , James Cashman and E. W. Griffith.1969, Nevada Highways and Parks, volumes 29-30, page 41
- Someone from Vega in Norway.
- Someone from Vega in Sweden.
vegan meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese
vegan in Hindi
- relating to vegans or veganism
- वीगन vīgan
- supporter of veganism
- वीगन vīgan
vegan in Arabic
- relating to vegans or veganism
- خُضْرِيّ ḵuḍriyy
vegan in Persian
- relating to vegans or veganism
- گیاهخوار مطلق giyâhxâr-e motlaq
vegan in Vietnamese
- relating to vegans or veganism
- thuần chay
Examples of vegan in a sentence
- Doctors and nutritionists generally give an almost unqualified “yes” to lacto‐ovo vegetarianism, but express some doubts about vegan diets.1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- The interest of heavyweight investors is confirmation that vegan food has gone mainstream, but it could also make it harder for Oatly to maintain its anti-establishment image.2021 May 18, Jack Ewing, Lauren Hirsch, “The Big Money Is Going Vegan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Synonyms of vegan
Forms of vegan
| plural | vegans |
|---|---|
| plural | Vegans |
Origin of vegan
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.
From Vega + -an.
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Questions about vegan
- What does vegan mean?
- Vegan means not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
- What is vegan in Hindi?
- Vegan in Hindi is वीगन (vīgan). See Vegan meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use vegan in a sentence?
- Doctors and nutritionists generally give an almost unqualified “yes” to lacto‐ovo vegetarianism, but express some doubts about vegan diets.
- What part of speech is vegan?
- Vegan can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce vegan?
- Vegan is pronounced /ˈviːɡən/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: vegan (page history and authors); Vegan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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