Synonyms for consume
kənˈsumcon·sume

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1. consumeverb

   To use.

   The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.

   Synonyms:
   burn, use, use up

2. consumeverb

   To eat.

   Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.

   Synonyms:
   eat, devour, swallow

3. consumeverb

   To occupy (one’s attention or thoughts).

   Desire consumed him.

   Synonyms:
   take over, occupy, overcome

4. consumeverb

   To destroy completely.

   The building was consumed by fire.

   Synonyms:
   raze, devastate, destroy, obliterate, annihilate, wipe out, eliminate

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. consume

   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.]

   Synonyms:
   absorb, drink in, drink up, engross, exhaust, imbibe, suck up, swallow, swallow up, take in, take up

   Antonyms:
   cast out, disgorge, disperse, dissipate, distract, eject, emit, exude, give up, put forth, radiate, send out, shoot forth, throw off, vomit

   Preposition:
   Plants absorb moisture from the air; the student is absorbed in thought; nutriment may be absorbed into the system through the skin.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. consume

   Synonyms:
   use, appropriate, burn, oat up, devour, spend, squander, assimilate, occupy, absorb, employ, utilize, waste, destroy, spoil, ravage, expend, pine, wither, decay

   Antonyms:
   reject, supersede, disuse, discard

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.2 / 7 votes

1. devour, down, consume, go throughverb

   eat immoderately

   "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

   Synonyms:
   land, take in, eat up, pull down, exhaust, ware, put through, eat, pass, push down, kill, go through, follow out, take, have, belt down, waste, use up, drink down, see, shoot down, cut down, ingest, go across, run through, toss off, pour down, follow up, follow through, squander, guttle, wipe out, carry out, down, bolt down, refine, raven, experience, pop, work through, devour, fine-tune, knock down, pig, implement, deplete, polish

   Antonyms:
   abstain, desist, refrain

2. consume, ingest, take in, take, haveverb

   serve oneself to, or consume regularly

   "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

   Synonyms:
   require, read, receive, bring in, subscribe to, rent, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, take on, carry, draw, assume, cause, have, hold, overhear, choose, sustain, cod, learn, fill, absorb, have got, squander, necessitate, invite, earn, stimulate, drive, demand, wipe out, assimilate, consider, need, study, gather in, suffer, run through, pick out, gull, collect, fool, suck, gain, contract, deal, adopt, film, remove, exhaust, admit, birth, call for, lease, realize, down, train, deplete, strike, give birth, take up, give, bring, see, pull in, use up, select, take, engage, catch, sop up, let, feature, eat up, claim, befool, get, devour, get hold of, suck in, take away, pack, soak up, throw, go through, take in, exact, submit, convey, view, own, take aim, shoot, aim, induce, dupe, direct, charter, put on, eat, contain, waste, bear, subscribe, deliver, clear, experience, slang, watch, involve, acquire, suck up, look at, postulate, ware, hire, accept, put one across, possess, guide, occupy, put one over, ask, realise, imbibe, conduct

   Antonyms:
   refrain, desist, abstain

3. consume, squander, waste, wareverb

   spend extravagantly

   "waste not, want not"

   Synonyms:
   languish, exhaust, take in, eat up, neutralise, rot, liquidate, ware, neutralize, down, blow, scourge, take, lay waste to, waste, use up, desolate, do in, macerate, ingest, eat, run through, go through, squander, wipe out, ravage, have, devastate, emaciate, pine away, knock off, devour, deplete, run off

   Antonyms:
   desist, abstain, refrain

4. consumeverb

   destroy completely

   "The fire consumed the building"

   Synonyms:
   waste, eat, wipe out, go through, down, eat up, have, take in, exhaust, ingest, deplete, run through, ware, take, squander, devour, use up

   Antonyms:
   abstain, refrain, desist

5. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe outverb

   use up (resources or materials)

   "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

   Synonyms:
   exhaust, take in, eat on, eat up, play out, expel, ware, wash up, eat, erase, release, corrode, beat, tire, kill, go through, eliminate, take, have, occupy, waste, finish, use up, swallow, tucker, polish off, decimate, tucker out, rust, feed, ingest, swallow up, obliterate, run through, extinguish, squander, annihilate, wipe out, bury, down, discharge, run down, work through, devour, sweep away, sap, cancel out, eject, immerse, carry off, deplete, eradicate

   Antonyms:
   refrain, abstain, desist

6. consumeverb

   engage fully

   "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

   Synonyms:
   waste, eat, wipe out, go through, down, eat up, have, take in, exhaust, ingest, deplete, run through, ware, take, squander, devour, use up

   Antonyms:
   desist, refrain, abstain

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1. • Absorb
   • Destroy
   • Spend

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1. hit (verb)

   (1) to drink too much alcohol constantly; (2) to have a drink

   too much stress! it's time to hit the bottle.

   Submitted by erhnice on July 29, 2019  

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1. consumeverb

   Synonyms:
   destroy, waste, spend, expend, exhaust, devour, lavish, squander, dissipate, use up

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1. List of paraphrases for "consume":

   eat, consuming, consumption, use, drink

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How to use consume in a sentence?

1. Samantha Leigh:

   We have always thought of sharks as strict carnivores, but the bonnethead is throwing a wrench into that idea by digesting a fair amount of the seagrass that they consume.

2. Leon Bruner:

   Like others inside and outside of government, we believe additional work is needed to determine the acceptable range of sodium intake for optimal health, this evaluation should include research that indicates health risks for people who consume too much sodium as well as health risks from consuming too little sodium.

3. Sonu Tanwar:

   We do not consume any muscle enhancing supplements.

4. James Reynolds:

   On average, UK adults consume 200-300 excess calories a day, this study shows that reducing portion sizes and the availability of higher calorie options in cafeterias could make an important contribution to reducing excess calories.

5. Erich Fromm:

   We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them.