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. Sarah Penna:

   Their consumption habits are very much the scrolling and the community aspect, the subscribe functionality, the commenting and the user interface of YouTube is a little more difficult than Facebook.

2. Jared Bernstein:

   Ever since I’ve talked to the president about the economy, he’s distinguished between the short-term and the long-term, between consumption and investment, these have always been foundational to his economic thinking.

3. Louis Kuijs of Oxford Economics:

   China's economy performed well in the initial stages of the recovery from Covid-19, benefiting from infrastructure-oriented stimulus and strong real estate activity and exports, the big question in China is whether this year growth can rotate away from infrastructure and real estate to corporate investment and consumption.

4. Valentyn Zemlyansky:

   All these threats by Gazprom are not particularly frightening for us, as the situation has radically changed compared to last autumn, we've passed through the winter season - the mild weather really helped us, as well as decreased consumption by industry.

5. Stephen Qi Jun:

   Until now, personal users could only buy fuel at the gas station and if they thought that prices were at very low levels and wanted to secure or hedge their fuel at low levels, there was no way to do that, we are launching this new innovation to help millions of consumers hedge their own consumption of fuel.