Synonyms for consumption
kənˈsʌmp ʃəncon·sump·tion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 6 votes

1. consumption

   Synonyms:
   decline, decay, expenditure, waste, decrement, lessening, decrease

   Antonyms:
   growth, development, enlargement, augmentation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.2 / 7 votes

1. 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 plague

2. pulmonary 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 services

3. consumption, 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, utilisation

4. consumption, 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

1. • Demand
   • Depletion
   • Economics
   • Tuberculosis

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. consumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   extinction, destruction, waste, expenditure

2. consumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   phthisis, marasmus, atrophy, decline, tabes, gradual wasting, progressive emaciation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. consumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   phthisis, consuming

2. consumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   tuberculosis

   Associated words:
   tubercular, tubercle, tuberculin, hectic, consumptive, pectoral

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1. List of paraphrases for "consumption":

   consumer, consuming, exertion, use, consumo, consommation, intake, drinking, eating, usage, consumerism, spending, consume, depreciation, abuse, pull, consumed, uptake

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. consumption

   Synonyms:
   Tuberculosis
   

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1. Gothom Arya:

   In a situation of economic difficulty they have to stimulate consumption and what they think is: give grassroots people money and it will circulate, though the junta's action is exactly the same as previous governments, they claim that this time money will not leak.

2. Sonjoy Chatterjee:

   We believe the cyclical recovery in India has begun. The new government is focused on boosting potential growth and removing bottlenecks, which will kick start the investment and consumption cycles leading to enhanced GDP growth.

3. Stefan Worrall:

   I think the market remains open to all possibilities right now, we're in a low-turnover state of anticipation over global events like the Brexit vote and the FOMC meeting but also with regard to domestic elements like a possible delay of next year's consumption tax increase and a possible snap election this summer. There's a lot of noise and no clear decisions.

4. William Lee:

   The 'leave' outcome has introduced substantial uncertainty that likely would dampen U.S. growth by delaying and or reducing business investment and consumption expenditures.

5. Worrapong Tuntiwutthipong:

   The impact of the drought will last for a long time, and that will drag down upcountry incomes and the sector's SSSG, cP All will outperform others in terms of SSSG and earnings growth. Overall, consumption should remain weak, and SSSG will be at low single digits of 1-3 percent in 2016 from 0-1 percent this year.