Synonyms for gorge
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Devour
over-eat, devour, satiate, over-indulge, binge, engorge, swallow, glut, fill, gulp, surfeit, gormandize, gormandise UK, gourmandise UK, pall, overfeed, cloy, ingurgitate, overgorge, englut, satisfy, pig out slang
Noun
1. Gullet
gullet, esophagus US, oesophagus UK
Other
abyss, gurge dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.
- v. 2
To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities.
They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake.
- n. 1
The throat of a flower.
- n. 2
Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
My gorge rises at the sight of it.
Example sentences
- binge I think there are many who binge eat from stress.
- devour I enjoy reading so much that I devour a book a week.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gorge | steady | |
| binge | rising | |
| devour | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pass1, fill1, bolt1, cram1, gulp1, pall1, glut1, sate1, cloy1
- 5 letters
- stuff1, notch1, binge1, abyss2, gully2, gurge
- 6 letters
- canyon2, devour3, ravine2, defile, gullet2, englut
- 7 letters
- satisfy3, swallow2, satiate, surfeit2, engorge
- 8 letters
- overfeed3
- 9 letters
- esophagus4, overgorge
- 10 letters
- oesophagus, gormandize, gormandise
- 11 letters
- gourmandise, ingurgitate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abyss2 = 2 syllables).