What is another word for consumption?
Synonyms for consumption
kənˈsʌmp ʃəncon·sump·tion
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word consumption.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
consumption
Synonyms:
decline, decay, expenditure, waste, decrement, lessening, decreaseAntonyms:
growth, development, enlargement, augmentation
Princeton's WordNet
consumption, ingestion, intake, uptakenoun
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Synonyms:
phthisis, use, expenditure, use of goods and services, uptake, inhalation, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, breathing in, aspiration, economic consumption, ingestion, inlet, intake, usance, inspiration, white plaguepulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plaguenoun
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Synonyms:
phthisis, use, uptake, usance, white plague, expenditure, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, drug addiction, using up, intake, ingestion, economic consumption, use of goods and servicesconsumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and servicesnoun
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
"the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
Synonyms:
phthisis, usage, use, custom, habit, expenditure, use of goods and services, uptake, ingestion, exercise, role, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, utilization, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, intake, usance, enjoyment, function, purpose, white plague, utilisationconsumption, using up, expenditurenoun
the act of consuming something
Synonyms:
spending, phthisis, use, expenditure, outgo, uptake, ingestion, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, economic consumption, expending, intake, outlay, usance, white plague, use of goods and services
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
consumptionnoun
Synonyms:
extinction, destruction, waste, expenditureconsumptionnoun
Synonyms:
phthisis, marasmus, atrophy, decline, tabes, gradual wasting, progressive emaciation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
consumptionnoun
consumptionnoun
Synonyms:
tuberculosisAssociated words:
tubercular, tubercle, tuberculin, hectic, consumptive, pectoral
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
consumption
Synonyms:
Tuberculosis
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#61 | use | |
#853 | function | |
#1024 | employment | |
#1093 | role | |
#1185 | consumer | |
#1212 | custom | |
#1258 | purpose | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2042 | exercise | |
#2225 | abuse | |
#3031 | usage | |
#3492 | eating | |
#3745 | spending | |
#3810 | pull | |
#3885 | consumption | |
#3958 | drinking | |
#4933 | decrease | |
#5615 | decline | |
#6117 | expenditure | |
#7011 | inspiration | |
#7209 | intake | |
#8609 | utilization | |
#10038 | consuming | |
#10134 | decay | |
#10222 | habit | |
#10401 | manipulation | |
#11901 | consumed | |
#11906 | depreciation | |
#11912 | enjoyment | |
#12744 | inlet | |
#13640 | consume | |
#15581 | uptake | |
#18279 | inhalation | |
#19833 | utilisation | |
#23787 | ingestion | |
#24319 | aspiration | |
#27445 | outlay | |
#38020 | exertion | |
#38729 | consumerism | |
#51614 | decrement | |
#53539 | lessening | |
#76403 | consumo | |
#80360 | expending | |
#113290 | consommation | |
#186869 | outgo | |
#310552 | phthisis |
How to use consumption in a sentence?
With the recent COVID-19 outbreak under control and the vaccine rollout gaining momentum, consumption should recover.
Investors liquidated their positions as the GDP data failed to impress, while domestic consumption showed no sign of improvement.
These actions of China will have a real impact, these are steps that were critical, that needed to be taken if real conservation was going to happen for these animals, most of the demand for pangolin is coming from traditional Chinese medicine and consumption. That's what is driving this large scale illegal trade.
India and China are expected to account for much of the growth in global oil consumption this year and in 2017.
Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt:
I think it's sensible that pilots are checked on a random basis for the consumption of alcohol, drugs and medicines, experts around the world see positive effects from this to boost operational safety in aviation.
Translations for consumption
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- استهلاكArabic
- консумация, изразходване, консумиранеBulgarian
- consumCatalan, Valencian
- spotřeba, zničeníCzech
- Verbrauch, Verbrauchswert, Verzehr, KonsumGerman
- φθίση, κατανάλωσηGreek
- consumoSpanish
- مصرفPersian
- kulutus, kuluttaminen, riutuminenFinnish
- consommation, consumer, consommerFrench
- caitheamhScottish Gaelic
- צריכהHebrew
- fogyasztásHungarian
- consumoInterlingua
- konsumsiIndonesian
- deperimento, consunzione, consumoItalian
- הצריכהHebrew
- 消費Japanese
- បម្រើបម្រាស់Khmer
- 소비, 消費Korean
- wegteren, consumptie, verbruikDutch
- consumoPortuguese
- потребление, истощение, расходRussian
- konsumtionSwedish
- వినియోగంTelugu
Get even more translations for consumption »
Translation
Find a translation for the consumption synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"consumption." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/consumption>.
Discuss these consumption synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In