Synonyms for swill
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Slop — A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose
slop, slops, hogwash, garbage US AU CA, balderdash, pig's-wash, pigswill, draff
Other
bathtub gin informal, rot gut
Definitions
- n. 1
A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
- n. 2
Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill.
Related words
- Word family
- swill-belly swill-bowl swill-flagon swill-pail swill-pot swill-tub
- Phrases
- swill down
Forms
- Plural
- swills → slops, hogwashes, draffs, guzzles…
Example sentences
- hogwash I think that's a lot of hogwash.
- swig Tom and I each took a swig out of the bottle.
- guzzle A giraffe can guzzle many gallons of water in one go.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| swill | rising | |
| slop | steady | |
| hogwash | steady | |
| balderdash | steady | |
| slops | steady | |
| swig | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- slop1, swig1
- 5 letters
- drink1, slops, quaff1, draff
- 6 letters
- guzzle2
- 7 letters
- garbage2, hogwash2
- 8 letters
- pigswill
- 10 letters
- balderdash3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (guzzle2 = 2 syllables).