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DEVOURS Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word devours. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For DEVOURS

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conserves
verbv
noun

• fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

abstains
verbv
verb

• refrain from voting

• choose not to consume

creates
verbv
verb

• make or cause to be or to become

• bring into existence

• pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity

• invest with a new title, office, or rank

• create by artistic means

• create or manufacture a man-made product

disregards
verbv
noun

• lack of attention and due care

• willful lack of care and attention

verb

• refuse to acknowledge

• bar from attention or consideration

• give little or no attention to

neglects
verbv
noun

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

verb

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

refrains
nounn
noun

• the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

verb

• resist doing something

• choose not to consume

rejects
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

saves
verb, nounv, n
noun

• (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

verb

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

• bring into safety

• spend less; buy at a reduced price

• accumulate money for future use

• make unnecessary an expenditure or effort

• save from sins

• refrain from harming

• spend sparingly, avoid the waste of

• retain rights to

• record data on a computer

spares
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

• an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

• a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

adjective satellite

• thin and fit

• more than is needed, desired, or required

• not taken up by scheduled activities

• kept in reserve especially for emergency use

• lacking in magnitude or quantity

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

verb

• refrain from harming

• save or relieve from an experience or action

• give up what is not strictly needed

• use frugally or carefully

starves
verbv
verb

• be hungry; go without food

• die of food deprivation

• deprive of food

• have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

• deprive of a necessity and cause suffering

Alternatives for CONSERVES

Alternatives for ABSTAINS

Alternatives for CREATES

Alternatives for DISREGARDS

Alternatives for NEGLECTS

Alternatives for REFRAINS

Alternatives for REJECTS

Alternatives for SAVES

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