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Synonyms for devour
verb swallow, consume- absorb
- destroy
- eat
- exhaust
- feed on
- go through
- gobble
- ingest
- inhale
- ravage
- use up
- wipe out
- Hoover
- annihilate
- appreciate
- bolt
- cram
- dispatch
- enjoy
- gorge
- gulp
- guzzle
- imbibe
- relish
- spend
- stuff
- take
- waste
- wolf
- be engrossed by
- be preoccupied
- bolt down
- chow down
- delight in
- do compulsively
- do voraciously
- drink in
- feast on
- gloat over
- partake of
- pig out
- polish off
- rejoice in
- revel in
- scarf down
- take in
- wolf down
Antonyms for devour
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
ate
verb. consume food
- absorb
- attack
- banquet
- bite
- bolt
- break bread
- breakfast
- chew
- chow down
- cram
- devour
- digest
- dine
- dispatch
- dispose of
- fall to
- feast upon
- feed
- gobble up
- gorge
- gormandize
- graze
- have a bite
- have a meal
- have for
- ingest
- inhale
- lunch
- make pig of oneself
- masticate
- munch
- nibble
- nosh
- partake of
- peck at
- pick
- pig out
- polish off
- pork out
- put away
- ruminate
- scarf
- scoff
- snack
- sup
- swallow
- take food
- take in
- take nourishment
- wolf
bolted
verb. eat very fast
consume
verb. eat, drink
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.