What is another word for devour?
1137 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪvˈa͡ʊ͡ə], [ dɪvˈaʊə], [ d_ɪ_v_ˈaʊə]
"Devour" is a word that typically describes the act of eating something greedily or quickly. However, there are many synonyms that can be used to describe this action. Some of the most effective alternatives to "devour" include "gobble", "consume", "feast", "swallow", and "ingest". Each of these words offers a slightly different shade of meaning, but all suggest a rapid or enthusiastic consumption of food. Other synonyms for "devour" might include "devote", "dedicate", or "absorb". In these cases, the word suggests a complete and total focus on a particular task or activity, rather than specifically on food.
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Similar words for devour:
- devour (noun)
- ruin (noun)
- ruination (noun)
- absorb (verb)
- bolt (verb)
- consume (verb)
- contact (verb)
- cram (verb)
- deflower (verb)
- demolish (verb)
- desecrate (verb)
- desolate (verb)
- despoil (verb)
- devastate (verb)
- dispatch (verb)
- eat (verb)
- exhaust (verb)
- feed on (verb)
- glut (verb)
- gnaw (verb)
- go (verb)
- gobble (verb)
- gorge (verb)
- gormandize (verb)
- gulp (verb)
- guzzle (verb)
- harrow (verb)
- hear (verb)
- ingest (verb)
- monopolize (verb)
- partake (verb)
- pig out (verb)
- polish off (verb)
- prey on (verb)
- put away (verb)
- ruin (verb)
- sack (verb)
- swallow (verb)
- swallow, consume (verb)
- tear down (verb)
- consume
- cram
- desolate
- eat
- feed on
- gnaw
- gormandize
- hear
- ingurgitate
- pig out
- polish off
- put away
- ruin
- take
- use up
- waste
Synonyms for Devour:
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- chow ,
- eavesdrop ,
- follow ,
- hang on someone's every word ,
- hear from ,
- hear out ,
- heed ,
- listen ,
- listen in ,
- read someone's lips ,
- strain your eyes/ears .
- down ,
- go through ,
- guttle ,
- pig .
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• absorb- Osmoses ,
- drank in ,
- drinks in ,
- drunk in ,
- osmosed ,
- osmosing ,
- sopping up ,
- sops up ,
- sponged up ,
- sponges up ,
- sponging up ,
- sucking in ,
- sucks in .
- in hale ,
- in haled ,
- in hales ,
- in haling ,
- in-hale ,
- in-haled ,
- in-hales ,
- in-haling ,
- swallowed whole ,
- swallows whole .
- Stived ,
- Stiving ,
- jam pack ,
- over crowd ,
- over crowded ,
- over crowding ,
- over crowds ,
- over eaten ,
- over eating ,
- over fill ,
- over filled ,
- over filling ,
- over fills ,
- over-crowd ,
- over-crowded ,
- over-crowds ,
- over-eaten ,
- over-eating ,
- over-fill ,
- over-filled ,
- over-filling ,
- over-fills ,
- pack em in ,
- packed 'em in ,
- packed em in ,
- packed it in ,
- packing 'em in ,
- packing em in ,
- packing in ,
- packing it in ,
- packing like sardines ,
- packs 'em in ,
- packs em in ,
- packs it in ,
- packs like sardines ,
- sardining .
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de flower ,
- de flowered ,
- de flowering ,
- de flowers ,
- de predate ,
- de predated ,
- de predates ,
- de predating ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- de-flower ,
- de-flowered ,
- de-flowering ,
- de-flowers ,
- de-predate ,
- de-predated ,
- de-predates ,
- de-predating ,
- deflorated ,
- deflorates ,
- deflorating ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out raging ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging .
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- dis mantle ,
- dis mantled ,
- dis mantles ,
- dis mantling ,
- dis-mantle ,
- dis-mantled ,
- dis-mantles ,
- dis-mantling ,
- gobbles up ,
- gobbling up ,
- over threw ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over turning ,
- over turns ,
- over-threw ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- over-turn ,
- over-turning ,
- over-turns ,
- put toilet ,
- puts in toilet ,
- puts toilet ,
- putting in toilet ,
- putting toilet ,
- takes apart ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un done ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- wipe map ,
- wiped map ,
- wiped off map ,
- wipes map ,
- wipes off map ,
- wiping map ,
- wiping off map .
- be foul ,
- be fouled ,
- be fouling ,
- be fouls ,
- be-foul ,
- be-fouled ,
- be-fouling ,
- be-fouls ,
- commits sacrilege ,
- committed sacrilege ,
- committing sacrilege ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- made lose face ,
- makes lose face ,
- making lose face ,
- pro fane ,
- pro fanes ,
- pro-fane ,
- pro-fanes .
- de populate ,
- de populated ,
- de populates ,
- de populating ,
- de solate ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de-populate ,
- de-populated ,
- de-populates ,
- de-populating ,
- de-solate ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- laying low ,
- lays low .
- de nude ,
- de nudes ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-nude ,
- de-nudes ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils ,
- dis possess ,
- dis possessed ,
- dis possesses ,
- dis possessing ,
- dis-possess ,
- dis-possessed ,
- dis-possesses ,
- dis-possessing .
- did one in ,
- didst one in ,
- does one in ,
- doest one in ,
- doeth one in ,
- doing one in ,
- dost one in ,
- doth one in .
- dis charge ,
- dis charged ,
- dis charges ,
- dis charging ,
- dis patch ,
- dis patched ,
- dis patches ,
- dis patching ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-charges ,
- dis-charging ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patched ,
- dis-patches ,
- dis-patching ,
- scarfed down ,
- scarfing down ,
- scarfs down .
- bled dry ,
- bleeding dry ,
- bleeds dry ,
- dis perse ,
- dis-perse ,
- takes last of ,
- taking last of ,
- took last of .
- de luge ,
- de luged ,
- de luges ,
- de luging ,
- de-luge ,
- de-luged ,
- de-luges ,
- de-luging ,
- in undated ,
- in-undated ,
- made a pig of ,
- made pig of ,
- make pig of ,
- makes a pig of ,
- makes pig of ,
- making a pig of ,
- making pig of ,
- over feed ,
- over feeding ,
- over feeds ,
- over load ,
- over loaded ,
- over loading ,
- over loads ,
- over stock ,
- over stocked ,
- over stocking ,
- over stocks ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-feed ,
- over-feeding ,
- over-feeds ,
- over-load ,
- over-loaded ,
- over-loading ,
- over-loads ,
- over-stock ,
- over-stocked ,
- over-stocking ,
- over-stocks ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms .
- de cease ,
- de ceased ,
- de ceases ,
- de ceasing ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de mise ,
- de mises ,
- de part ,
- de parted ,
- de parting ,
- de parts ,
- de-cease ,
- de-ceased ,
- de-ceases ,
- de-ceasing ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-mise ,
- de-mises ,
- de-part ,
- de-parted ,
- de-parting ,
- de-parts ,
- ex pire ,
- ex-pire ,
- folded up ,
- folding up ,
- folds up ,
- uses up .
- ate like a horse ,
- ate like horse ,
- blimped out ,
- blimping out ,
- blimps out ,
- eat like horse ,
- eating like a horse ,
- eating like horse ,
- eats like a horse ,
- eats like horse ,
- over indulge ,
- over indulged ,
- over indulges ,
- over indulging ,
- over-indulge ,
- over-indulged ,
- over-indulges ,
- over-indulging .
- Gluttonized ,
- ate excess ,
- ate to excess ,
- eat excess ,
- eating excess ,
- eating to excess ,
- eats excess ,
- eats to excess .
- choked down ,
- chokes down ,
- choking down ,
- chugalugged ,
- chugalugging ,
- chugalugs ,
- dis pose ,
- dis posed ,
- dis posing ,
- dis-pose ,
- dis-posed ,
- dis-posing ,
- tosses off ,
- tossing off ,
- tost off ,
- wolfing down .
- am all ears ,
- am ears ,
- are all ears ,
- are ears ,
- art all ears ,
- auscultates ,
- auscultating ,
- be ears ,
- becomes aware ,
- being all ears ,
- being ears ,
- gat an earful ,
- gat earful ,
- gat wind of ,
- gave an audience to ,
- gave attention ,
- gave audience to ,
- gave ears ,
- get earful ,
- gets an earful ,
- gets earful ,
- gets wind of ,
- getting an earful ,
- getting earful ,
- getting wind of ,
- gives an audience to ,
- gives attention ,
- gives audience to ,
- gives ears ,
- giving an audience to ,
- giving audience to ,
- giving ears ,
- got an earful ,
- got earful ,
- gotten an earful ,
- gotten earful ,
- gotten wind of ,
- is all ears ,
- is ears ,
- over hear ,
- over heard ,
- over hearing ,
- over hears ,
- over-hear ,
- over-heard ,
- over-hearing ,
- over-hears ,
- was all ears ,
- was ears ,
- wast all ears ,
- wast ears ,
- were all ears ,
- were ears ,
- wert all ears ,
- wert ears .
- bogarted ,
- bogarting ,
- bogarts ,
- corner market ,
- cornered market ,
- cornered the market ,
- cornering market ,
- cornering the market ,
- corners market ,
- corners the market ,
- exercised control ,
- exercises control ,
- exercising control ,
- keep oneself ,
- keeping oneself ,
- keeps oneself ,
- keeps to oneself ,
- kept oneself ,
- kept to oneself ,
- owned exclusively ,
- owning exclusively ,
- owns exclusively ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- sat on ,
- sate on ,
- sews up ,
- sits on ,
- takes over ,
- took over .
- am a party to ,
- am into ,
- am on ,
- am party to ,
- are a party to ,
- are in on ,
- are in to ,
- are into ,
- are on ,
- are party to ,
- art a party to ,
- art in on ,
- art in to ,
- art into ,
- art party to ,
- be in to ,
- being a party to ,
- being in on ,
- being in to ,
- being into ,
- being on ,
- being party to ,
- enter in to ,
- entering into ,
- gat act ,
- gat in act ,
- gat in the act ,
- gat the act ,
- get act ,
- get in act ,
- get the act ,
- gets act ,
- gets in act ,
- gets in the act ,
- gets the act ,
- getting act ,
- getting in act ,
- getting in the act ,
- getting the act ,
- got act ,
- got in act ,
- got in the act ,
- got the act ,
- gotten act ,
- gotten in act ,
- gotten in the act ,
- gotten the act ,
- had a finger in ,
- had finger in ,
- haddest a finger in ,
- haddest finger in ,
- hadst a finger in ,
- hadst finger in ,
- has a finger in ,
- has finger in ,
- hast a finger in ,
- hast finger in ,
- hath a finger in ,
- hath finger in ,
- have finger in ,
- having a finger in ,
- having finger in ,
- is a party to ,
- is in on ,
- is in to ,
- is into ,
- is on ,
- is party to ,
- sat in on ,
- sate in ,
- sate in on ,
- sits in ,
- sits in on ,
- sitting in ,
- sitting in on ,
- takes part ,
- tunes in ,
- was a party to ,
- was in to ,
- was into ,
- was on ,
- was party to ,
- wast a party to ,
- wast in on ,
- wast in to ,
- wast into ,
- wast on ,
- wast party to ,
- were a party to ,
- were in on ,
- were in to ,
- were into ,
- were on ,
- were party to ,
- wert a party to ,
- wert in on ,
- wert in to ,
- wert into ,
- wert on ,
- wert party to .
- dived in ,
- dives in ,
- diving in ,
- dove in ,
- scarfed out ,
- scarfing out ,
- scarfs out ,
- shoveled in ,
- shoveled it in ,
- shoveling in ,
- shoveling it in ,
- shovelled in ,
- shovelled it in ,
- shovelling in ,
- shovelling it in ,
- shovels in ,
- shovels it in ,
- stuffed oneself ,
- stuffs oneself .
- finished using ,
- finishes off ,
- finishes using ,
- finishing off ,
- finishing using ,
- puts kibosh on ,
- puts the kibosh on ,
- putting kibosh on ,
- putting the kibosh on .
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- lived off ,
- lives off ,
- living off ,
- took advantage of .
- bring ruin ,
- bringing to ruin ,
- brings ruin ,
- brings to ruin ,
- brought ruin ,
- cleans out ,
- de face ,
- de faced ,
- de faces ,
- de facing ,
- de-face ,
- de-faced ,
- de-faces ,
- de-facing ,
- dis figure ,
- dis figured ,
- dis figures ,
- dis figuring ,
- dis-figure ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-figures ,
- dis-figuring ,
- made a mess of ,
- made mess of ,
- make mess of ,
- makes a mess of ,
- makes mess of ,
- making a mess of ,
- making mess of ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- spoilated ,
- spoilates ,
- spoilating ,
- wreaked havoc on ,
- wreaking havoc on ,
- wreaks havoc on ,
- wrought havoc on .
Other synonyms:
- champ ,
- chomp ,
- heartily ,
- illegible ,
- legible ,
- munch ,
- peck at ,
- peruse ,
- pick at ,
- read back ,
- read off ,
- snarf ,
- spoon ,
- tuck in ,
- tuck into .
- cannibalize ,
- diet ,
- dive in ,
- fall on ,
- force down ,
- read-out .
- graze .
- sample .
- read .
Other relevant words:
- Bankrupted ,
- Bankrupting ,
- Caved ,
- Caving ,
- Deflorate ,
- Demised ,
- Demising ,
- Dilapidating ,
- Gorging ,
- Osmose ,
- Overstocked ,
- Overstocking ,
- Patenting ,
- Poured ,
- Ravened ,
- Scarfed ,
- Scarfing ,
- Sipped ,
- Spoliate ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trashed ,
- absorb ,
- bankrupts ,
- be a party to ,
- be in on ,
- be into ,
- be on ,
- be party to ,
- bleed dry ,
- blimp out ,
- bogart ,
- bolt ,
- boozing ,
- choke down ,
- chugalug ,
- commit sacrilege ,
- copyright ,
- copyrighted ,
- copyrighting ,
- copyrights ,
- corner the market ,
- cram ,
- deflower ,
- demolish ,
- desecrate ,
- desolate ,
- despoil ,
- devastate ,
- dilapidate ,
- dilapidates ,
- dispatch ,
- do one in ,
- drink in ,
- drinking in ,
- eat ,
- eat like a horse ,
- englut ,
- exercise control ,
- exhaust ,
- finish ,
- fold up ,
- get in the act ,
- glut ,
- gnaw ,
- go ,
- gobble ,
- gobble up ,
- gobbled up ,
- gorge ,
- gormandize ,
- gulp ,
- guzzle ,
- harrow ,
- have a finger in ,
- hear ,
- hog ,
- ingest ,
- ingurgitate ,
- keep to oneself ,
- keeping to oneself ,
- knock back ,
- knock down ,
- knocked down ,
- knocking down ,
- knocks down ,
- live off ,
- lock up ,
- locked up ,
- locking up ,
- loot ,
- make a pig of ,
- make lose face ,
- molest ,
- monopolize ,
- over turn ,
- overfed ,
- overfeed ,
- overfeeding ,
- overfeeds ,
- own exclusively ,
- partake ,
- pass on ,
- passed away ,
- passed on ,
- passes on ,
- passing away ,
- passing on ,
- patented ,
- pig out ,
- pillage ,
- prey on ,
- put in toilet ,
- ravaged ,
- raven ,
- ravening ,
- ravens ,
- running out ,
- sack ,
- sacked ,
- sat in ,
- scarf down ,
- sew up ,
- sewed up ,
- sit in ,
- sit in on ,
- sit on ,
- sitting on ,
- slosh ,
- slurp ,
- slurped ,
- slurping ,
- slurps ,
- soak up ,
- soaked up ,
- soaking up ,
- soaks up ,
- sop up ,
- sopped up ,
- sponge up ,
- suck dry ,
- suck in ,
- suck up ,
- sucked dry ,
- sucked in ,
- sucking dry ,
- sucks dry ,
- swallow whole ,
- swallowing whole ,
- syndicated ,
- syndicating ,
- take apart ,
- take last of ,
- take out ,
- take over ,
- take part ,
- takes out ,
- taking apart ,
- taking out ,
- taking over ,
- taking part ,
- tear down ,
- took apart ,
- took out ,
- took part ,
- torn down ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- toss off ,
- tossed off ,
- tune in ,
- tuned in ,
- tuning in ,
- use up ,
- used up ,
- using up ,
- vandalize ,
- was in on ,
- wash down ,
- wipe off map ,
- wipe off the map ,
- wolf ,
- wolf down ,
- wolfed down ,
- wolfs down .
- Downs ,
- Hoovers ,
- Swilled ,
- Trifled ,
- avail of ,
- avail oneself of ,
- avails oneself of ,
- chow down ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- expend ,
- feed on ,
- finish up ,
- finished up ,
- frivol away ,
- going through ,
- have recourse to ,
- mealed ,
- mealing ,
- meals ,
- obsessing ,
- profit by ,
- put away ,
- put to use ,
- run out of ,
- snacked ,
- snacking ,
- stuff one's face ,
- swallow ,
- swilling ,
- toss down ,
- wash up ,
- washed up .
- Chocked ,
- Chocking ,
- Squashing ,
- Stive ,
- Stives ,
- TAMPS ,
- Tamped ,
- Tamping ,
- Wedging ,
- chock ,
- chocks ,
- jamming ,
- jampack ,
- over-crowding ,
- overcrowd ,
- overcrowding ,
- overcrowds ,
- overfill ,
- overfilled ,
- overfilling ,
- overfills ,
- pack 'em in ,
- pack in ,
- pack it in ,
- pack like sardines ,
- packed in ,
- packed like sardines ,
- packs in ,
- sardine ,
- sardined ,
- sardines ,
- squash ,
- tamp ,
- wedge ,
- wedged .
- Depopulating ,
- depopulate ,
- depopulated ,
- depopulates ,
- laid low ,
- laid waste ,
- lay low ,
- lay waste ,
- laying waste ,
- lays waste ,
- plundered .
- Banqueted ,
- Breakfasting ,
- Lunched ,
- banqueting ,
- breakfasted ,
- eaten ,
- eating ,
- feast upon ,
- feasts upon ,
- had a bite ,
- had a meal ,
- have a bite ,
- have a meal ,
- have for ,
- having a meal ,
- lunch ,
- lunching ,
- make pig of oneself ,
- nosh ,
- partake of ,
- partakes of ,
- pork out ,
- take food ,
- take nourishment ,
- taking food ,
- taking nourishment .
- Overhearing ,
- auscultate ,
- auscultated ,
- be all ears ,
- became aware ,
- become aware ,
- becoming aware ,
- get an earful ,
- get wind of ,
- give an audience to ,
- give attention ,
- give audience to ,
- give ears ,
- giving attention ,
- got wind of ,
- hearken ,
- overhear ,
- overhears .
- Beggared ,
- Beggaring ,
- bring to ruin ,
- bringing ruin ,
- brought to ruin ,
- clean out ,
- cleaned out ,
- cleaning out ,
- make a mess of ,
- pauperize ,
- ruin ,
- spoilate ,
- wreak havoc on .
- take .
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How to use "Devour" in context?
When I think of the word "devour," my mind immediately goes to the image of something wolf-like swooping down and tearing into its prey, teeth snapping shut and blood spilling onto the ground. There's something pretty satisfying about mercilessly taking what you want, and that's what we tend to refer to when we use the word "devour."
There's a lot of satisfaction to be had in devouring something. It's a primal instinct, a need to consume and conquer. It's a way of justifying our own existence and asserting dominance over others.
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Independent
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
eat.
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Verb, base form
eat.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
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Other Related
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
consume.
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Verb, base form
consume.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Homophones for Devour:
- deparia, deed over, differ, duffer, dewberry, debar, daypro, dipper, dover, duty-free, diaper, dobra, dauber, devourer, diapir, dupery, date bar, Du Barry, devoir, defer, dibber, deep-fry, defray, diver, dapper.
Hyponym for Devour:
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detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
