swallow - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for swallow , a list of similar words for swallow from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the act of swallowing

Synonyms

• deglutition
• drink
• swallow

More generic

• consumption
• ingestion
• intake
• uptake

More specific

• aerophagia
• draft
• draught
• gulp
• sip
• swig

Noun

small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

Synonyms

• swallow

More generic

• oscine
• oscine bird

More specific

• Hirundo nigricans
• Hirundo pyrrhonota
• Hirundo rustica
• Iridoprocne bicolor
• barn swallow
• chimney swallow
• cliff swallow
• martin
• tree martin
• tree swallow
• white-bellied swallow

Noun

a small amount of liquid food

Synonyms

• sup
• swallow

More generic

• mouthful
• taste

Verb

believe or accept without questioning or challenge

Synonyms

• swallow

More generic

• believe

Verb

tolerate or accommodate oneself to

Synonyms

• accept
• live with
• swallow

More generic

• abide
• bear
• brook
• digest
• endure
• put up
• stand
• stick out
• stomach
• suffer
• support
• tolerate

Verb

keep from expressing

Synonyms

• swallow

More generic

• hold back
• keep
• keep back
• restrain

Verb

take back what one has said

Synonyms

• swallow
• take back
• unsay
• withdraw

More generic

• disown
• renounce
• repudiate

Verb

utter indistinctly

Synonyms

• swallow

More generic

• mouth
• speak
• talk
• utter
• verbalise
• verbalize

Verb

engulf and destroy

Synonyms

• swallow

More generic

• demolish
• destroy

Verb

pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

Synonyms

• get down
• swallow

More specific

• bolt

Verb

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Synonyms

• bury
• eat up
• immerse
• swallow
• swallow up

More generic

• close in
• enclose
• inclose
• shut in

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