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Synonyms for consume
kənˈsumcon·sume

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Wiktionary3.3 / 3 votes

  1. consumeverb

    To use.

    The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.

    Synonyms:
    burn, use, use up

  2. consumeverb

    To eat.

    Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.

    Synonyms:
    eat, devour, swallow

  3. consumeverb

    To occupy (one’s attention or thoughts).

    Desire consumed him.

    Synonyms:
    take over, occupy, overcome

  4. consumeverb

    To destroy completely.

    The building was consumed by fire.

    Synonyms:
    raze, devastate, destroy, obliterate, annihilate, wipe out, eliminate

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.8 / 4 votes

  1. consume

    A fluid that is absorbed is taken up into the mass of the absorbing body, with which it may or may not permanently combine. Wood expands when it absorbs moisture, iron when it absorbs heat, the substance remaining perhaps otherwise substantially unchanged; quicklime, when it absorbs water, becomes a new substance with different qualities, hydrated or slaked lime. A substance is consumed which is destructively appropriated by some other substance, being, or agency, so that it ceases to exist or to be recognized as existing in its original condition; fuel is consumed in the fire, food in the body; consume is also applied to whatever is removed from the market for individual use; as, silk and woolen goods are consumed. A great talker engrosses the conversation. A credulous person swallows the most preposterous statement. A busy student imbibes or drinks in knowledge; he is absorbed in a subject that takes his whole attention. "I only postponed it because I happened to get absorbed in a book." Kane Grinnell Exped. ch. 43, page 403. [Harper & Bros. '54.]

    Synonyms:
    absorb, drink in, drink up, engross, exhaust, imbibe, suck up, swallow, swallow up, take in, take up

    Antonyms:
    cast out, disgorge, disperse, dissipate, distract, eject, emit, exude, give up, put forth, radiate, send out, shoot forth, throw off, vomit

    Preposition:
    Plants absorb moisture from the air; the student is absorbed in thought; nutriment may be absorbed into the system through the skin.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 3 votes

  1. consume

    Synonyms:
    use, appropriate, burn, oat up, devour, spend, squander, assimilate, occupy, absorb, employ, utilize, waste, destroy, spoil, ravage, expend, pine, wither, decay

    Antonyms:
    reject, supersede, disuse, discard

Princeton's WordNet2.2 / 7 votes

  1. devour, down, consume, go throughverb

    eat immoderately

    "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

    Synonyms:
    land, take in, eat up, pull down, exhaust, ware, put through, eat, pass, push down, kill, go through, follow out, take, have, belt down, waste, use up, drink down, see, shoot down, cut down, ingest, go across, run through, toss off, pour down, follow up, follow through, squander, guttle, wipe out, carry out, down, bolt down, refine, raven, experience, pop, work through, devour, fine-tune, knock down, pig, implement, deplete, polish

    Antonyms:
    abstain, desist, refrain

  2. consume, ingest, take in, take, haveverb

    serve oneself to, or consume regularly

    "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

    Synonyms:
    require, read, receive, bring in, subscribe to, rent, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, take on, carry, draw, assume, cause, have, hold, overhear, choose, sustain, cod, learn, fill, absorb, have got, squander, necessitate, invite, earn, stimulate, drive, demand, wipe out, assimilate, consider, need, study, gather in, suffer, run through, pick out, gull, collect, fool, suck, gain, contract, deal, adopt, film, remove, exhaust, admit, birth, call for, lease, realize, down, train, deplete, strike, give birth, take up, give, bring, see, pull in, use up, select, take, engage, catch, sop up, let, feature, eat up, claim, befool, get, devour, get hold of, suck in, take away, pack, soak up, throw, go through, take in, exact, submit, convey, view, own, take aim, shoot, aim, induce, dupe, direct, charter, put on, eat, contain, waste, bear, subscribe, deliver, clear, experience, slang, watch, involve, acquire, suck up, look at, postulate, ware, hire, accept, put one across, possess, guide, occupy, put one over, ask, realise, imbibe, conduct

    Antonyms:
    refrain, desist, abstain

  3. consume, squander, waste, wareverb

    spend extravagantly

    "waste not, want not"

    Synonyms:
    languish, exhaust, take in, eat up, neutralise, rot, liquidate, ware, neutralize, down, blow, scourge, take, lay waste to, waste, use up, desolate, do in, macerate, ingest, eat, run through, go through, squander, wipe out, ravage, have, devastate, emaciate, pine away, knock off, devour, deplete, run off

    Antonyms:
    desist, abstain, refrain

  4. consumeverb

    destroy completely

    "The fire consumed the building"

    Synonyms:
    waste, eat, wipe out, go through, down, eat up, have, take in, exhaust, ingest, deplete, run through, ware, take, squander, devour, use up

    Antonyms:
    abstain, refrain, desist

  5. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe outverb

    use up (resources or materials)

    "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

    Synonyms:
    exhaust, take in, eat on, eat up, play out, expel, ware, wash up, eat, erase, release, corrode, beat, tire, kill, go through, eliminate, take, have, occupy, waste, finish, use up, swallow, tucker, polish off, decimate, tucker out, rust, feed, ingest, swallow up, obliterate, run through, extinguish, squander, annihilate, wipe out, bury, down, discharge, run down, work through, devour, sweep away, sap, cancel out, eject, immerse, carry off, deplete, eradicate

    Antonyms:
    refrain, abstain, desist

  6. consumeverb

    engage fully

    "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

    Synonyms:
    waste, eat, wipe out, go through, down, eat up, have, take in, exhaust, ingest, deplete, run through, ware, take, squander, devour, use up

    Antonyms:
    desist, refrain, abstain

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hit (verb)

    (1) to drink too much alcohol constantly; (2) to have a drink

    too much stress! it's time to hit the bottle.

    Submitted by erhnice on July 29, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. consumeverb

    Synonyms:
    destroy, waste, spend, expend, exhaust, devour, lavish, squander, dissipate, use up

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "consume":

    eat, consuming, consumption, use, drink

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#28847eradicate
#32801expend
#35321scourge
#36359desolate
#39203necessitate
#39656neutralize
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#41031expel
#42642assimilate
#43092devour
#45925extinguish
#46000dupe
#48394postulate
#48993ingest
#49828wither
#56710liquidate
#60914deplete
#66079annihilate
#72502obliterate
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#80715devastate
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#85589raze
#93077corrode
#100853overhear
#107435decimate
#123666neutralise
#127434imbibe
#233923engross

How to use consume in a sentence?

  1. Neal McCluskey:

    You may not see prices rising as much, but you will still see huge amounts of wasted money, as people are encouraged to consume more education, and they’ll do it less efficiently as they aren’t presented with a price.

  2. Soren Kvorning:

    Cities occupy 2 to 3 percent of our planet's surface, yet they consume 70 percent of all energy, the longer we wait, the higher the cost will be.

  3. Linzi Wilson-Wilde:

    Embalming chemicals are designed to preserve remains, but they do that by breaking down the protein inside the body, so that there's nothing available for bacteria to consume. It does have a very detrimental effect in degrading the DNA.

  4. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman:

    An approach like this allows us as a company to repudiate content we don't want to associate with the business, but gives individuals freedom to consume it if they choose.

  5. Michelle Gielan:

    If we are really interested in performance, this study strongly suggests the information we consume early in the morning can have a lasting effect on the trajectory of our day.


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