Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | refuse, rubbish, slop, slops, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down*, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | fast, starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drink of beverage |
| Synonyms: | drag*, drain, drench, glass, peg, quaff, swallow, swig, swill |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take in liquid |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt, booze, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle, hit the bottle, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap, liquor up, nip, partake of, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, slurp, soak up, sop, sponge, suck, sup, swallow, swig, swill, tank up, thirst, tipple, toast, toss off, wash down, wet whistle |
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food served at meals |
| Synonyms: | commons, diet, eatables, eats, edibles, meals, menu, provision, rations, slop, sustenance, swill, table, victuals |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
| Synonyms: | bits and pieces, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
| Main Entry: | gulp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swallow |
| Synonyms: | choke, draught, gasp, mouthful, swig, swill |
| Antonyms: | nibble |
| Main Entry: | gulp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink fast |
| Synonyms: | belt, choke down, chugalug, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, drop*, englut, gobble, guzzle, imbibe, ingurgitate, inhale*, pour, quaff, scarf down, slop, slosh, stuff, swallow, swig, swill, take in, toss off, wolf down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | nibble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink down fast |
| Synonyms: | bolt*, booze, carouse, cram, devour, englut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, imbibe, ingurgitate, knock back, quaff, slop, slosh, soak, swig, swill, tipple |
| Antonyms: | sip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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