Synonyms and Antonyms of consume
1
to destroy all trace of
- massive fires had consumed hundreds of square miles of forest
gut
deplete, drain, exhaust, expend, spend, use up
annihilate, decimate, demolish, desolate, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, waste, wreck
annihilate, blot out, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, obliterate, remove, rub out, stamp (out), wipe out
2
to make complete use of
- the mining company consumed all of the local mineral resources and then moved on
absorb, burn, deplete, devour, drain, draw down, exhaust, expend, play out, spend, use up
abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, reduce
eat, use
bankrupt, clean (out), impoverish
cripple, debilitate, disable, enfeeble, sap, undermine, weaken
dry up, empty
blow, dissipate, fritter (away), guzzle, lavish, misspend, run through, squander, throw away, waste
augment, enlarge, increase
bolster, enforce, fortify, reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen
rebuild, repair, restore, revive
conserve, preserve, save
3
to take in as food
- hungry enough to consume most of the pie
digest, down, mouth (down), swallow
bolt, chow (down on), devour, glut (on), gobble (up or down), gorge, gulp, scoff, slop, snarf (down), swill, wolf
chew, gnaw (at or on), gum, lap, lick, nibble (on), nurse, pick (at)
relish, savor (also savour), taste
banquet, dine, fare, feast, gormandize, pig out, regale
dispatch, polish off
breakfast, lunch, sup
munch, nosh, snack
