Synonyms for consume
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Expend — to use up
use, expend, use up, eat up, exhaust, spend, deplete, dissipate, swallow up, wear out, born, employ, wear, lavish
2. Destroy — to destroy completely
destroy, annihilate, ravage, eliminate, devastate, obliterate, wipe out, raze, erode, spoil, abate, desolate
3. Eat — to eat
eat, devour, absorb, swallow, engross, monopolize, monopolise UK
4. Ingest
ingest, have, take in, assimilate, take dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To use up.
The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
- v. 2
To eat.
Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.
- v. 3
To destroy completely.
The building was consumed by fire.
- v. 4
To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
Related words
- Word family
- consumable consumer consumption consumptive
Forms
- Past participle
- consumed
e.g. consumed → used, expended, exhausted, spent…
Example sentences
- spend Some families spend their vacation near the beach.
- expend According to the budget, she could expend no more on supplies.
- destroy Do you really think it will destroy my reputation?
- annihilate We shall annihilate anyone who stands in our way!
By length
- 3 letters
- use1, eat1
- 4 letters
- have1, take1, down1, born1, wear1, ware1, raze1
- 5 letters
- spend1, touch1, waste1, spoil1, decay2, erode2, abate2
- 6 letters
- employ2, occupy3, absorb2, lavish2, devour3, wither2, expend2, ingest2, ravage2
- 7 letters
- destroy2, swallow2, exhaust2, deplete2, corrode2, engross2
- 8 letters
- overcome3, desolate3, demolish3, squander2
- 9 letters
- eliminate4, dissipate3, devastate3
- 10 letters
- assimilate4, annihilate4, obliterate4, monopolize4, monopolise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decay2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- consommer
- Deutsch
- aufbrauchen