Definition for Emaciate:

• To reduce in flesh; make lean or thin.

Synonyms for Emaciate:

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • emaciate.
  •thin (verb)
  • cut back,
  • edit,
  • irrigate,
  • expand,
  • prune,
  • spike,
  • diminish,
  • reduce,
  • needle,
  • disperse,
  • water down,
  • cut,
  • refine,
  • water,
  • trim,
  • shave,
  • delete,
  • cook,
  • doctor,
  • decrease,
  • lace,
  • extenuate,
  • attenuate,
  • weaken.
  •waste (verb)
  • wane,
  • undermine,
  • misapply,
  • consume,
  • Misemploy,
  • ebb,
  • wither,
  • gamble away,
  • misuse,
  • droop,
  • disappear,
  • gnaw,
  • wilt,
  • eat away,
  • pour down the drain,
  • frivol away,
  • corrode,
  • blow,
  • sink,
  • atrophy,
  • fade,
  • be of no avail,
  • deplete,
  • squander,
  • empty,
  • disable,
  • crumble,
  • lavish,
  • splurge,
  • sap,
  • decay,
  • wear out,
  • run through,
  • trifle away,
  • lose,
  • decline,
  • throw away,
  • run dry,
  • divert,
  • go to waste,
  • burn up,
  • fritter away,
  • exhaust,
  • perish,
  • wear,
  • dissipate.

• Other synonyms:

  •waste
  • eating away,
  • Misapplied,
  • eats away,
  • burned up,
  • atrophying,
  • atrophied,
  • burning up.

Antonyms for Emaciate:

• v.

  • macerate
    dry, dehydrate.
  • rarefy
    add, extend, praise.
  • thin
    develop, enlarge, thicken, increase, grow, beef up, strengthen.
  • waste
    bloom, accumulate, preserve, maintain, gather, improve, aid, starve, help, collect, fill, save, succeed, rise, create, assist, hoard, build, raise.
  • Other antonyms:
    gain, rally, recover, convalesce, recuperate, rebound.

Homophones for Emaciate:

• enact, emaciated, engaged, enunciate, enhanced, enkaid, emeside, encode, encysted, enkidu, eumycota, enmeshed, encased, ensete.

Hyponym for Emaciate:

• v.

  • change
    debilitate, enfeeble, turn, change state, drain.