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Antonyms for swallow
ˈswɒl oʊswal·low
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term swallow.
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swallow3
Synonyms:
martlet
English Synonyms and Antonyms
swallow
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.]Antonyms:
cast out, disgorge, disperse, dissipate, distract, eject, emit, exude, give up, put forth, radiate, send out, shoot forth, throw off, vomitSynonyms:
absorb, consume, drink in, drink up, engross, exhaust, imbibe, suck up, swallow up, take in, take upPreposition:
Plants absorb moisture from the air; the student is absorbed in thought; nutriment may be absorbed into the system through the skin.
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Princeton's WordNet
swallow, supnoun
a small amount of liquid food
"a sup of ale"
Synonyms:
sup, deglutition, drinkswallow, drink, deglutitionnoun
the act of swallowing
"one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
Synonyms:
drinking, deglutition, sup, beverage, drink, potable, drinkable, crapulence, drunkenness, boozingswallowverb
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
Synonyms:
sup, deglutition, drinkswallow, get downverb
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
"Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
Synonyms:
start, write down, eat up, bring down, get off, get, lower, demoralise, commence, dispirit, get down, demoralize, take back, deject, swallow up, unsay, take down, set down, dismount, bury, put down, begin, accept, let down, cast down, start out, depress, live with, withdraw, immerse, dismay, light, set about, unhorse, set outswallowverb
engulf and destroy
"The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
Synonyms:
eat up, swallow up, immerse, live with, take back, get down, withdraw, unsay, accept, buryimmerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat upverb
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
Synonyms:
deplete, take back, exhaust, bury, engross, get down, accept, withdraw, unsay, finish, engulf, inhume, eat up, entomb, live with, absorb, run through, forget, immerse, swallow up, sink, eat, consume, lay to rest, soak up, wipe out, polish off, steep, plunge, inter, use upswallowverb
utter indistinctly
"She swallowed the last words of her speech"
Synonyms:
eat up, swallow up, immerse, live with, take back, get down, withdraw, unsay, accept, buryswallow, take back, unsay, withdrawverb
take back what one has said
"He swallowed his words"
Synonyms:
bring back, eat up, sequester, repossess, seclude, back away, crawfish out, return, crawfish, retreat, get down, take, call in, back out, retire, take back, pull away, take out, swallow up, unsay, bow out, draw back, recede, bury, recall, move back, call back, sequestrate, draw, draw off, accept, take away, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, immerse, pull back, live with, pull in one's horns, removeswallowverb
keep from expressing
"I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
Synonyms:
eat up, swallow up, immerse, live with, take back, get down, withdraw, unsay, accept, buryaccept, live with, swallowverb
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
Synonyms:
admit, have, bury, get down, accept, withdraw, take back, take on, eat up, assume, live with, consent, immerse, swallow up, unsay, take, take over, go for, bearswallowverb
believe or accept without questioning or challenge
"Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
Synonyms:
eat up, swallow up, immerse, live with, take back, get down, withdraw, unsay, accept, bury
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use swallow in a sentence?
By following the concept of 'one country, two systems,' you don't swallow me up nor I you.
George W. Bush, On TV, about his passing out eating a pretzel:
Chew before you swallow.
It became a tougher pill to swallow, on one hand you’re grateful for your existence and the people you’re sharing the experience with. On the other, I don’t know how you forgive the violation of confidence and trust that a woman puts into her physician in the most intimate of settings.
That's a hard pill to swallow.
There are a lot of items that we didn't have in our fire safe that we can never get back. Items from our grandparents who have since passed away. Photo albums from years back, again, I know they're just items, but there are some items that can't be replaced such as those and that's a hard pill to swallow.
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