Synonyms for exhaust
ɪgˈzɔst

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1. exhaustverb

   Synonyms:
   weary, consume, spend, tire out

2. exhaustverb

   To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

   Synonyms:
   weary, consume, tire out, spend

3. exhaustverb

   To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

   Synonyms:
   weary, consume, spend, tire out

4. exhaustverb

   To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.

   A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. --Motley.

   Synonyms:
   consume, tire out, spend, weary

5. exhaustverb

   To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.

   Synonyms:
   weary, consume, spend, tire out

6. exhaustverb

   To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.

   Synonyms:
   tire out, consume, spend, weary

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1. exhaust

   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, consume, drink in, drink up, engross, 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.

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1. exhaust

   Synonyms:
   empty, spend, consume, debilitate, waste, void, drain, weaken, weary

   Antonyms:
   fill, replenish, augment, invigorate, refresh

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1. exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumesnoun

   gases ejected from an engine as waste products

   Synonyms:
   exhaust fumes, fumes, exhaust system

2. exhaust, exhaust systemverb

   system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged

   Synonyms:
   exhaust fumes, fumes, exhaust system

3. exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker outverb

   wear out completely

   "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"

   Synonyms:
   baffle, get, eat up, stick, crush, vanquish, play out, expel, wash up, eat, mystify, flummox, release, beat, tire, outwit, circumvent, tick, nonplus, trounce, lave, ticktack, outfox, use up, drum, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, perplex, beat out, gravel, thump, do the dishes, run through, amaze, thrum, ticktock, puzzle, quiver, wipe out, pound, work over, pulsate, bewilder, overreach, discharge, run down, tucker, vex, stupefy, sap, eject, consume, outsmart, deplete, pose, scramble, shell

4. 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:
   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, consume, carry off, deplete, eradicate

5. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tireverb

   deplete

   "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

   Synonyms:
   sap, eat up, play out, expel, wash up, eat, release, glance over, beat, tire, run over, wear out, rake, pall, tire out, peter out, use up, bore, tucker out, conk out, run out, jade, scan, run through, wear upon, wipe out, outwear, skim, discharge, run down, weary, tucker, wear down, poop out, fatigue, eject, consume, check out, deplete, fag out, wear

6. exhaustverb

   use up the whole supply of

   "We have exhausted the food supplies"

   Synonyms:
   eat, play out, beat, wipe out, discharge, sap, tucker, use up, run down, tucker out, release, tire, deplete, consume, run through, eject, expel, eat up, wash up

7. exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, releaseverb

   eliminate (a substance)

   "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

   Synonyms:
   unload, let go, eat up, muster out, dispatch, complete, expel, go off, wash up, eat, boot out, assoil, release, beat, tire, unloose, empty, resign, drop off, unblock, play out, put out, liberate, use up, fire, turf out, tucker out, relinquish, unloosen, squeeze out, bring out, throw out, let go of, squirt, run through, oust, exculpate, give up, chuck out, exclude, set down, clear, secrete, publish, put down, wipe out, unfreeze, acquit, kick out, drum out, rout out, turn out, force out, drop, rout, discharge, run down, exonerate, free, tucker, sap, turn, eject, consume, deplete, issue, loose

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1. • Empty
   • Gas
   • Waste

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. exhaustverb

   Synonyms:
   drain, empty

2. exhaustverb

   Synonyms:
   expend, spend, waste, squander, consume, destroy, lavish, dissipate, fritter away, run out

3. exhaustverb

   Synonyms:
   prostrate, cripple, weaken, enervate, debilitate, disable, deprive of strength, wear out

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1. exhaustverb

   Synonyms:
   drain, deplete, debilitate, prostrate, enervate

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1. List of paraphrases for "exhaust":

   escape, tailpipe, exhaust-gas, escapement, deplete, venting

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1. John Mulligan:

   If this activity continues as expected we would exhaust the current authorization later this year.

2. George Sand:

   It is sad, no doubt, to exhaust one's strength and one's days in cleaving the bosom of this jealous earth, which compels us to wring from it the treasures of its fertility, when a bit of the blackest and coarsest bread is, at the end of the day's work, the sole recompense and the sole profit attaching to so arduous a toil.

3. Mona Sarfaty:

   Children suffer more heat impacts because they spend more time outside. They are more vulnerable to the heat-related increases in air pollution that come from fossil fuel exhaust, because their lungs are still developing. Outdoor play also makes them more prey to insect vectors carrying dangerous infections, the doctors in our societies are seeing these problems today, and they will undoubtedly get worse if we don't decisively address climate change.

4. Italo Calvino:

   The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins.

5. Chris Bertelsen:

   Some of the selling will exhaust itself pretty soon. This sort of market will create opportunities, every time there is a snapback, the drawdown is greater than the snapback and that is a sign that presages a market where people hunt for safety stocks and higher yield.

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