Synonyms and Antonyms of consume

synonym (synonym of consume)

antonym (antonym of consume)

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

  • destroy completely (verb.contact)
    destroy, ruin
    destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
     
  • eat immoderately (verb.consumption)
    eat
    take in solid food (verb.consumption)
     
  • engage fully (verb.cognition)
    absorb, engage, engross, occupy
    consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
     
  • use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
    drop, expend, spend
    pay out (verb.possession)
     

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

  • serve oneself to, or consume regularly (verb.consumption)
    hit
    consume to excess (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    cannibalise, cannibalize
    eat human flesh (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    habituate, use
    take or consume (regularly or habitually) (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    eat
    eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    drink, imbibe
    take in liquids (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    booze, drink, fuddle
    consume alcohol (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    partake, touch
    consume (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    eat, feed
    take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    fill, replete, sate, satiate
    fill to satisfaction (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    sample, taste, try, try out
    take a sample of (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    sop up, suck in, take in, take up
    take up as if with a sponge (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    smoke
    inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    do drugs, drug
    use recreational drugs (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    get down, swallow
    pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    sup
    take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon (verb.consumption)
     
  • spend extravagantly (verb.consumption)
    dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot
    spend frivolously and unwisely (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    luxuriate, wanton
    become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    lavish, shower
    expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    overspend
    spend at a high rate (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    fling, splurge
    indulge oneself (verb.possession)
     
  • use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
    run out
    exhaust the supply of (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    drain
    deplete of resources (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    indulge, luxuriate
    enjoy to excess (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    burn, burn off, burn up
    use up (energy) (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    spend
    spend completely (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire
    deplete (verb.possession)
     

verb group (consume is verb group of ....)

  • (verb.possession)
    occupy, take, use up
    require (time or space) (verb.possession)
     

derivation (.... is derived from consume)

  • eat immoderately (verb.consumption)
    devourer
    someone who eats greedily or voraciously (noun.person)
     
  • serve oneself to, or consume regularly (verb.consumption)
    consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
    the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    consumer
    a person who uses goods or services (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    consumptive
    tending to consume or use often wastefully (adj.all)
     
  • spend extravagantly (verb.consumption)
    dissipation, waste, wastefulness
    useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    squandering
    spending resources lavishly and wastefully (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    prodigal, profligate, squanderer
    a recklessly extravagant consumer (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    waster, wastrel
    someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently (noun.person)
     
  • use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
    depletion
    the act of decreasing something markedly (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    exhaustion
    the act of exhausting something entirely (noun.act)
     
  • (adj.all)
    consumable
    may be used up (adj.all)
     
synonym antonym also hypernym hyponym verb group derivation devour down have ingest squander ware abstain desist refrain sop up suck in take in take up absorb engage engross drop expend spend hit cannibalise habituate use eat drink occupy take use up consumption ingestion consumer consumptive depletion exhaustion
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. devour, down, go through . have, ingest, take, take in . squander, ware, waste . demolish, devour, pulverise, pulverize, subvert . deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out . abstain, desist, refrain . sop up, suck in, take in, take up . destroy, ruin . eat . absorb, engage, engross, occupy . drop, expend, spend . hit . cannibalise, cannibalize . habituate, use . eat . drink, imbibe . booze, drink, fuddle . partake, touch . eat, feed . fill, replete, sate, satiate . sample, taste, try, try out . sop up, suck in, take in, take up . smoke . do drugs, drug . get down, swallow . sup . dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot . luxuriate, wanton . lavish, shower . overspend . fling, splurge . run out . drain . indulge, luxuriate . burn, burn off, burn up . spend . exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire . occupy, take, use up . devourer . consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake . consumer . consumptive . dissipation, waste, wastefulness . squandering . prodigal, profligate, squanderer . waster, wastrel . depletion . exhaustion . consumable


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