consume - Similar and Opposite Words

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

Verb

engage fully

Synonyms

• consume

More generic

• absorb
• engage
• engross
• occupy

Verb

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

Synonyms

• consume
• have
• ingest
• take
• take in

More specific

• booze
• cannibalise
• cannibalize
• drink
• eat
• feed
• fill
• fuddle
• habituate
• hit the bottle
• imbibe
• partake
• replete
• sample
• sate
• satiate
• sop up
• suck in
• sup
• take in
• take up
• taste
• touch
• try
• try out
• use

Opposite / Antonyms

• abstain

Verb

use up (resources or materials)

Synonyms

• consume
• deplete
• eat
• eat up
• exhaust
• run through
• use up
• wipe out

More generic

• drop
• expend
• spend

More specific

• burn
• burn off
• burn up
• drain
• exhaust
• indulge
• luxuriate
• play out
• run down
• run out
• sap
• spend
• tire

Related

• occupy
• take
• use up

Verb

spend extravagantly

Synonyms

• consume
• squander
• ware
• waste

More generic

• drop
• expend
• spend

More specific

• dissipate
• drink
• fling
• fool
• fool away
• fritter
• fritter away
• frivol away
• lavish
• luxuriate
• overspend
• shoot
• shower
• splurge
• tope
• wanton

Verb

eat up completely, as with great appetite

Synonyms

• consume
• demolish
• devour
• down
• go through

More generic

• eat up
• finish
• polish off

Verb

destroy completely

Synonyms

• consume

More generic

• destroy
• ruin

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