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DEVOURED Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the word devoured. (exact relations)
There are 14 hypernyms of the word devoured. (close relations)
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consumed
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• spend extravagantly

• destroy completely

• use up (resources or materials)

• engage fully

eaten
verbv
verb

• take in solid food

• eat a meal; take a meal

• take in food; used of animals only

• worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

• use up (resources or materials)

• cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

feasted
verbv
noun

• a ceremonial dinner party for many people

• something experienced with great delight

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• an elaborate party (often outdoors)

verb

• partake in a feast or banquet

• provide a feast or banquet for

• gratify

gobbled
verbv
noun

• the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock

verb

• eat hastily without proper chewing

• make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys

gulped
verbv
noun

• a large and hurried swallow

• a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing

verb

• to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

• utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly

guzzled
verbv
verb

• drink greedily or as if with great thirst

ingested
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• take up mentally

wolfed
verbv
noun

• any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

• Austrian composer (1860-1903)

• a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

• German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

• a cruelly rapacious person

verb

• eat hastily

consume
verbv
verb

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• spend extravagantly

• destroy completely

• use up (resources or materials)

• engage fully

demolish
verbv
verb

• destroy completely

• ruin or destroy

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

devastate
verbv
verb

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• overwhelm or overpower

down
verb, adverbv, adv
adjective

• being or moving lower in position or less in some value

noun

• soft fine feathers

• English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

• (American football) a complete play to advance the football

• (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

adverb

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

• away from a more central or a more northerly place

• paid in cash at time of purchase

• from an earlier time

• to a lower intensity

• in an inactive or inoperative state

adjective satellite

• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

• becoming progressively lower

• being put out in a game of baseball

• understood perfectly

• lower than previously

• shut

• not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

verb

• drink down entirely

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• bring down or defeat (an opponent)

• shoot at and force to come down

• cause to come or go down

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

gobble
verbv
noun

• the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock

verb

• eat hastily without proper chewing

• make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys

gorge
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)

• a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

• the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

verb

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

guttle
verbv
verb

• eat greedily

overwhelm
verbv
verb

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

pig
nounn
noun

• domestic swine

• a coarse obnoxious person

• a person regarded as greedy and pig-like

• uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

• mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast

• a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

verb

• live like a pig, in squalor

• eat greedily

• give birth to (piglets)

raven
nounn
noun

• large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

verb

• obtain or seize by violence

• prey on or hunt for

• eat greedily

• feed greedily

wolf
nounn
noun

• any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

• Austrian composer (1860-1903)

• a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

• German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

• a cruelly rapacious person

verb

• eat hastily

go through
verbv
verb

• undergo or live through a difficult experience

• apply thoroughly; think through

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

Best Hypernyms For DEVOURED

Here is a list of related hypernyms for devoured, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (12)
bask destroy eat enjoy finish relish ruin savor savour consumed eaten ingested
Phrases (2)
eat uppolish off

Alternatives for CONSUMED

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