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Devour

🔄 Synonyms of "Devour"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
guttlenoun	(transitive) Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.
downverb	(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
ravennoun	(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
gulpnoun	To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
pignoun	(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
consumeverb	(transitive) To eat.
go throughverb	(transitive) To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Devour"

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Word	Definition
guttleverb	(transitive) Often followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.
gulpverb	To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
consumeverb	(transitive) To eat.
downverb	(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
pigverb	(intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
go throughverb	(transitive) To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).
ravenverb	(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
eatverb	(ambitransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
swallow upverb	To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.
guzzlenoun	(dated, uncountable) Drink; intoxicating liquor.
engorgeverb	(transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
gorgenoun	(botany) The throat of a flower.
ingurgitatenoun	To swallow greedily or in large amounts.
gluttonizeverb	(intransitive) To eat an excessive amount, or voraciously.
gluttoniseverb	Alternative form of gluttonize. [(intransitive) To eat an excessive amount, or voraciously.]
mainlinenoun	(rail transport) The principal route or line of a railway.
gluttonnoun	One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
ingorgeverb	Archaic form of engorge. [(transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.]
gavagenoun	(medicine) Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
eat like an animalverb	(simile, informal) To eat large amounts of food, especially when in a greedy and sloppy manner.