Synonyms for swallow
ˈswɒl oʊswal·low

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1. swallow3

   Synonyms:
   martlet

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1. swallow

   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, exhaust, imbibe, suck up, 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. swallow

   Synonyms:
   absorb, gorge, engross, devour, appropriate, exhaust, consume, imbibe, engulf, brook

   Antonyms:
   vomit, disgorge, eructate, discharge, economize, save, eschew, repudiate

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1. swallow, supnoun

   a small amount of liquid food

   "a sup of ale"

   Synonyms:
   sup, deglutition, swallow, drink

2. swallow, drink, deglutitionnoun

   the act of swallowing

   "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"

   Synonyms:
   drinking, swallow, deglutition, sup, beverage, drink, potable, drinkable, crapulence, drunkenness, boozing

3. swallowverb

   small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

   Synonyms:
   sup, deglutition, drink

4. swallow, get downverb

   pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

   "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

   Synonyms:
   start, write down, eat up, bring down, get off, get, lower, demoralise, commence, dispirit, get down, demoralize, take back, deject, swallow, swallow up, unsay, take down, set down, dismount, bury, put down, begin, accept, let down, cast down, start out, depress, live with, withdraw, immerse, dismay, light, set about, unhorse, set out

5. swallowverb

   engulf and destroy

   "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

   Synonyms:
   eat up, swallow up, immerse, live with, take back, get down, withdraw, unsay, accept, bury

6. immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat upverb

   enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

   "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

   Synonyms:
   deplete, take back, exhaust, bury, engross, get down, swallow, accept, withdraw, unsay, finish, engulf, inhume, eat up, entomb, live with, absorb, run through, forget, immerse, swallow up, sink, eat, consume, lay to rest, soak up, wipe out, polish off, steep, plunge, inter, use up

7. swallowverb

   utter indistinctly

   "She swallowed the last words of her speech"

   Synonyms:
   eat up, swallow up, immerse, live with, take back, get down, withdraw, unsay, accept, bury

8. swallow, take back, unsay, withdrawverb

   take back what one has said

   "He swallowed his words"

   Synonyms:
   swallow, bring back, eat up, sequester, repossess, seclude, back away, crawfish out, return, crawfish, retreat, get down, take, call in, back out, retire, take back, pull away, take out, swallow up, unsay, bow out, draw back, recede, bury, recall, move back, call back, sequestrate, draw, draw off, accept, take away, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, immerse, pull back, live with, pull in one's horns, remove

9. swallowverb

   keep from expressing

   "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

   Synonyms:
   eat up, swallow up, immerse, live with, take back, get down, withdraw, unsay, accept, bury

10. accept, live with, swallowverb

    tolerate or accommodate oneself to

    "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"

    Synonyms:
    admit, have, bury, get down, swallow, accept, withdraw, take back, take on, eat up, assume, live with, consent, immerse, swallow up, unsay, take, take over, go for, bear

11. swallowverb

    believe or accept without questioning or challenge

    "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"

    Synonyms:
    eat up, swallow up, immerse, live with, take back, get down, withdraw, unsay, accept, bury

Matched Categories

1. • Believe
   • Destroy
   • Enclose
   • Keep
   • Renounce
   • Taste
   • Tolerate
   • Utter

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swallowverb

   Synonyms:
   GULP, GOBBLE, BOLT, take into the stomach, take down, get down

2. swallowverb

   Synonyms:
   absorb, engulf, destroy, devour, swallow up

3. swallowverb

   Synonyms:
   believe (without scruple), receive implicitly

4. swallowverb

   Synonyms:
   brook, stomach, pocket, endure, bear, put up with

5. swallowverb

   Synonyms:
   renounce, retract, recant, take back

6. swallowverb

   Synonyms:
   consume, exhaust, waste, use up

7. swallownoun

   Synonyms:
   throat, gullet, œsophagus

8. swallownoun

   Synonyms:
   voracity, gluttonous appetite

9. swallownoun

   Synonyms:
   dovetailed

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1. swallowverb

   Synonyms:
   ingurgitate, gulp, bolt, engorge, englut, ingulf, suck in, absorb, submerge, engulf, overwhelm, accept, believe, credit, appropriate, arrogate, monopolize, engross, bear, brook, tolerate, pocket

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1. List of paraphrases for "swallow":

   hirondelle, haiyan, eat, digest

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1. Steny Hoyer:

   The Republicans have bitten off a very large piece of policy that I don’t know that they can chew, swallow and get a result.

2. Pat Toomey:

   [ Democrats ] know they'll unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudo-celebrity to make up false accusations to try to get us to just swallow what shouldn't be there.

3. Jonar Nader:

   The first organization whose atmosphere and attitude will tolerate the use of nanomation technology will be the first organization to swallow its market whole.

4. David Berry:

   It became a tougher pill to swallow, on one hand you’re grateful for your existence and the people you’re sharing the experience with. On the other, I don’t know how you forgive the violation of confidence and trust that a woman puts into her physician in the most intimate of settings.

5. River Radamus:

   It’s tough to swallow right now but I know in my heart that I did everything I could to prepare for today, i could’ve hoped for more, but I’m really proud of my work today and all season and I’ll take pride in my result.