Synonyms for intake
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Consumption
2. Inhalation
Definitions
- n. 1
The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- n. 2
The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
Related words
- Phrases
- intake manifold
Forms
- Plural
- intakes → consumptions, ingestions, uptakes, inhalations…
Example sentences
- consumption One man's consumption becomes his neighbor's wish.
- uptake Sometimes Markku is a bit slow on the uptake.
- ingestion He was sentenced to a lethal ingestion of carbs.
- aspiration That seems to me a rather pathetic aspiration.
- inhalation The kitten was treated for smoke inhalation.
- inlet This inlet is protected from the storms that pass across the open ocean.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intake | steady | |
| consumption | falling | |
| uptake | falling | |
| ingestion | steady | |
| aspiration | rising | |
| inhalation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- inlet2
- 6 letters
- uptake2
- 7 letters
- nostril2
- 9 letters
- ingestion3
- 10 letters
- aspiration4, inhalation4
- 11 letters
- inspiration4, consumption3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inlet2 = 2 syllables).