Synonyms for consume
kənˈsum

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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, overcome, occupy

4. consumeverb

   To destroy completely.

   The building was consumed by fire.

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

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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 Antonyms(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

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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

Matched Categories

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. Pena Nieto:

   This does not mean that you can freely commercialize, consume and legalize the consumption of marijuana.

2. Chief Executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques:

   At the end of the day, what we can see is the customers of our customers want to have full traceability on their products, and they want to make sure they have a carbon-friendly product, the technology that we are developing is - instead of using the carbon anodes - is to use an anode made of ceramic so you would not consume any carbon, and you would not release any CO2 into the atmosphere.

3. Ramzi Haidamus:

   The industry needs a new way (for moviegoers) to consume more immersive content without having to go to a theater.

4. Lucy Gilliam:

   Private jets consume 10 times more per person than commercial jets.

5. Barry Popkin:

   We have slightly cut our calories [but] we still consume over half our calories from the wrong foods.

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