Synonyms for glutton
All synonyms
Noun
1. Gourmand
gourmand, hog, cormorant, pig, animal, gormandizer, gormandiser UK, epicure, gourmandizer, gorger, greedyguts informal, belly-god dated
Other
wolverine, guzzler, giant petrel, gannet UK ZA, break-bones, gastronome, gormand, trencher-man dated, free liver dated
Definitions
- n. 1
One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
Related words
- Word family
- glut gluttonous gluttonise gluttonish gluttonously gluttony
- Phrases
- glutton for punishment
- Is a kind of
- bon vivant epicurean gastronome gastronomer gastronomist
Forms
- Plural
- gluttons → gourmands, hogs, cormorants, pigs…
Example sentences
- gourmand Not everyone who wants to may be a gourmand.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| glutton | rising | |
| gourmand | rising | |
| epicure | steady | |
| gormandizer | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pig1, hog1
- 6 letters
- animal3, gannet, gorger
- 7 letters
- guzzler2, epicure3, gormand
- 8 letters
- gourmand2
- 9 letters
- wolverine3, cormorant3
- 10 letters
- gastronome, greedyguts
- 11 letters
- gormandizer, gormandiser
- 12 letters
- gourmandizer
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (animal3 = 3 syllables).