Synonyms for chew
tʃuchew

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1. chewverb

   To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

   Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore.

   Synonyms:
   mull, contemplate, ruminate, ponder, muse

2. chewverb

   Chewing tobacco.

   The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults.

   Synonyms:
   ruminate, contemplate, ponder, muse, mull

3. chewverb

   A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.

   The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked.

   Synonyms:
   mull, contemplate, ponder, ruminate, muse

4. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   masticate, bite, chomp, crunch

5. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   rip, shred, pulverize, tear, grind

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chew

   Synonyms:
   masticate, munch, eat

   Antonyms:
   gorge, bolt whole

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wadnoun

   a wad of something chewable as tobacco

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, pot, peck, quid, mastication, hype, lot, quid pro quo, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, hack, fire hydrant, chewing, pile, muckle, stack, rechewed food, mass, spark plug, good deal, male plug, mountain, sight, stopple, plenty, deal, plug, mess, jade, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, fireplug, heap, great deal, pound, chaw, ballyhoo, mint, stopper, sparking plug, spate, cud, pound sterling, nag, hoopla, manduction

2. chew, chewing, mastication, manductionverb

   biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

   Synonyms:
   quid, chaw, manduction, plug, chewing, cud, mastication, wad, sacramental manduction

3. chew, masticate, manducate, jawverb

   chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

   "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

   Synonyms:
   bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, masticate, remonstrate, shoot the breeze, yack away, take to task, gossip, confab, reproof, manducate, lambaste, jaw, chit-chat, claver, lambast, chew the fat, chew out, berate, natter, trounce, visit, dress down, have words, chew up, call down, reprimand, rattle on, scold, confabulate, rebuke, rag, yap away, chat, chatter, call on the carpet, chaffer, lecture

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1. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   masticate, manducate, MUNCH

2. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   champ, bite, gnaw

3. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   meditate, ruminate, muse on, reflect upon, chew the cud upon

4. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   meditate, ruminate, muse, reflect

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1. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   masticate, munch, crunch, craunch, champ

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1. List of paraphrases for "chew":

   mince, qiu

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How to use chew in a sentence?

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   We can walk and chew gum.

2. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.

3. Katie Packer Gage:

   If you're a serious candidate, you have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, candidates that aren't focused on getting on the ballot in 50 states probably aren't really serious candidates.

4. Chairman Warren Buffett:

   We made that decision in terms of the airline business. We took money out of the business basically even at a substantial loss, we will not fund a company that — where we think that it is going to chew up money in the future.

5. Nick Solheim:

   Itseems like they kind of want to walk and chew gum at the same time, they want to focus on security and environmentalism.