consume synonyms

consume

v.

  1. To eat or drink

    eat up, absorb, devour, put away*; see drink 1, eat 1.

  2. To use

    utilize, employ, use up, deplete, exhaust, expend, drain, spend, spend wastefully, squander, waste, dissipate, apply, avail oneself of, make use of, put to use, finish up, finish off, run out of, wear out, fritter away; see also spend 1, 2, use 1, waste 1, 2.

    Antonyms save*, conserve*, preserve. *

  3. To destroy

    devastate, ravage, demolish, eat away; see destroy 1.

  4. To absorb completely

    engross, preoccupy, obsess, overwhelm; see haunt 3, occupy 3.

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