Synonyms for gluttony
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Overeating
2. Greed
greed, greediness, rapacity, voracity, rapaciousness, gluttonousness, gulosity dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The vice of eating to excess.
Forms
- Plural
- gluttonies → gulae, greeds, greedinesses, rapacities…
Example sentences
- greed The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
- eating It was so hot that she felt like eating ice cream.
- surfeit A surfeit of alternatives leads to a bad choice.
- deglutition Deglutition is just a fancy word for swallowing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gluttony | rising | |
| greed | rising | |
| greediness | rising | |
| eating | rising | |
| surfeit | steady | |
| deglutition | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- gula2
- 5 letters
- greed1
- 6 letters
- eating2
- 7 letters
- surfeit2
- 8 letters
- voracity4, rapacity, gulosity
- 10 letters
- overeating4, greediness
- 11 letters
- deglutition
- 13 letters
- rapaciousness
- 14 letters
- gluttonousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gula2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- gourmandise
- Italiano
- ghiottoneria
- Español
- glotonería
- Deutsch
- Delikatesse