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Synonyms of consume

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Another word for consume is use. Other synonyms of consume are eat, expend, swallow, devour and burn.

Synonyms and similar words for consume

verbTo use up.

  • burnTo use up; to use by burning; to consume as fuel.
  • useTo expend; to consume by employing.
  • use upTo consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.
  • expendTo consume, exhaust (some resource).

verbTo eat.

  • devourTo rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
  • eatTo consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
  • swallowTo cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

verbTo completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.

verbTo destroy completely.

Meaning of consume

  1. verb To use up.
  2. verb To eat.
  3. verb To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.

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Questions about synonyms of consume

What is another word for consume?
Consume has 17 synonyms on Word.ws, such as use, eat, expend, swallow, devour and burn.
What does consume mean?
Consume means to use up.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consume (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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