Synonyms and Antonyms of chew

synonym (synonym of chew)

hypernym (chew IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a wad of something chewable as tobacco (noun.food)
    bit, bite, morsel
    a small amount of solid food; a mouthful (noun.food)
     
  • biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow (noun.act)
    change of state
    the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics (noun.act)
     
  • chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth (verb.consumption)
    grate, grind
    make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together (verb.contact)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF chew relation)

  • biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow (noun.act)
    chomping
    the act of chewing noisily (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    gumming, mumbling
    ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    rumination
    (of ruminants) chewing (the cud) (noun.act)
     
  • chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth (verb.consumption)
    champ, chomp
    chew noisily (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    champ
    chafe at the bit, like horses (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    gum, mumble
    grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    chaw
    chew without swallowing (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    crunch, munch
    chew noisily (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    gnaw
    bite or chew on with the teeth (verb.contact)
     

part meronym (HAS PART relation)

  • biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow (noun.act)
    eating, feeding
    the act of consuming food (noun.act)
     

derivation (.... is derived from chew)

  • a wad of something chewable as tobacco (noun.food)
    chaw
    chew without swallowing (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    bundle, compact, pack, wad
    compress into a wad (verb.contact)
     
  • biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow (noun.act)
    chew, jaw, manducate, masticate
    chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth (verb.consumption)
     
  • (adj.all)
    chewy
    (of a consistency) requiring chewing (adj.all)
     
  • chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth (verb.consumption)
    chew, chewing, manduction, mastication
    biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.body)
    jaw
    the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.food)
    chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad
    a wad of something chewable as tobacco (noun.food)
     
  • (noun.person)
    chewer
    someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco) (noun.person)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym part meronym derivation chaw cud plug chewing manduction mastication change of state bit bite grate grind chomping gumming rumination champ eating feeding jaw chewy chaw bundle compact chewing
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. chaw, cud, plug, quid, wad . chewing, manduction, mastication . jaw, manducate, masticate . bit, bite, morsel . change of state . grate, grind . chomping . gumming, mumbling . rumination . champ, chomp . champ . gum, mumble . chaw . crunch, munch . gnaw . eating, feeding . chaw . bundle, compact, pack, wad . chew, jaw, manducate, masticate . chewy . chew, chewing, manduction, mastication . jaw . chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad . chewer


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