Consume

//kənˈsum//

Synonyms for "consume" (241 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Strong matches (72)

Related words (120)

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7 relation types

More general

14 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

12 entries

manner of

3 entries

related to

7 entries

Translations

159 translations across 43 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • заемам verb (occupy thoughts)
  • изпивам verb (eat)
  • изразходвам verb (use up)
  • изяждам verb (eat)

Catalan

1 entries
  • consumir verb (eat)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 吃 verb (eat)
  • 吞噬 verb (destroy completely)
  • 吸收 verb (absorb information)
  • 摧毀 /摧毁 verb (destroy completely)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kowlleski verb (destroy completely)

Czech

1 entries
  • spotřebovat verb (use up)

Danish

2 entries
  • forbruge verb (use up)
  • indtage verb (eat)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bezighouden verb (occupy thoughts)
  • consumeren verb (use up)
  • consumeren verb (eat)
  • consumeren verb (destroy completely)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • konsumi verb (eat)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kalvaa verb (occupy thoughts)
  • kulua verb (waste away)
  • kuluttaa verb (use up)
  • kuluttaa verb (eat)

French

3 entries
  • consommer verb (use up)
  • consommer verb (eat)
  • consumer verb (destroy completely)

Galician

2 entries
  • consumir verb (use up)
  • consumir verb (eat)

German

4 entries
  • aufnehmen verb (absorb information)
  • verbrauchen verb (use up)
  • verzehren verb (eat)
  • verzehren verb (destroy completely)

Greek

4 entries
  • αφανίζω verb (destroy completely)
  • εκμηδενίζω verb (destroy completely)
  • εξαντλώ verb (use up)
  • εξολοθρεύω verb (destroy completely)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • צרך verb (use up)
  • צרך verb (eat)

Hindi

3 entries
  • उपभुक्त verb (use up)
  • उपभोग करना verb (eat)
  • खाना verb (eat)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elfogyaszt verb (use up)
  • elfogyaszt verb (eat)
  • elpusztít verb (destroy completely)
  • felemészt verb (destroy completely)

Ido

1 entries
  • manjar verb (eat)

Irish

2 entries
  • caith verb (use up)
  • caith verb (eat)

Italian

4 entries
  • assorbire verb (absorb information)
  • consumare verb (use up)
  • consumare verb (eat)
  • consumare verb (destroy completely)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 使い果たす verb (use up)
  • 摂取する verb (eat)
  • 消耗する verb (use up)
  • 消費する verb (use up)

Latin

2 entries
  • exedō verb (eat)
  • peredō verb (eat)

Latvian

1 entries
  • patērēt verb (use up)

Māori

3 entries
  • none verb (use up)
  • whakahemo verb (use up)
  • whakapeto verb (use up)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • bruke opp verb (use up)
  • forbruke verb (use up)
  • fortære verb (eat)

Occitan

1 entries
  • consumar verb (eat)

Old English

1 entries
  • āspendan verb (use up)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • caithid verb (use up)
  • caithid verb (eat)

Persian

4 entries
  • تمام وجود کسی را فرا گرفتن verb (occupy thoughts)
  • مصرف کردن verb (use up)
  • مصرف کردن verb (eat)
  • نابود شدن verb (destroy completely)

Polish

3 entries
  • spożywać verb (eat)
  • spożyć verb (eat)
  • zużyć verb (use up)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • consumir verb (use up)
  • consumir verb (eat)
  • consumir verb (destroy completely)

Romanian

3 entries
  • consuma verb (use up)
  • consuma verb (eat)
  • se consuma verb (occupy thoughts)

Russian

4 entries
  • вбирать verb (absorb information)
  • занима́ть verb (occupy thoughts)
  • поглоща́ть verb (occupy thoughts)
  • поглоща́ть verb (destroy completely)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • अत्ति verb (eat)
  • खादति verb (eat)

Slovene

2 entries
  • užiti verb (eat)
  • uživati verb (eat)

Spanish

3 entries
  • consumir verb (eat)
  • desperecer verb (occupy thoughts)
  • desperecerse verb (waste away)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förtära verb (eat)
  • inmundiga verb (eat)

Thai

4 entries
  • กิน verb (eat)
  • บริโภค verb (eat)
  • อุปโภค verb (use up)
  • ใช้ verb (use up)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • śu verb (eat)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bitirmek verb (destroy completely)
  • harcamak verb (use up)
  • kullanmak verb (use up)
  • tüketmek verb (eat)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • спожи́ти verb (use up)
  • спожи́ти verb (eat)
  • спожива́ти verb (use up)
  • спожива́ти verb (eat)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • dùng verb (use up)
  • tiêu thụ verb (use up)
  • tàn phá verb (destroy completely)
  • ăn verb (eat)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • bas kerden verb (destroy completely)
  • dayen verb (absorb information)
  • karnen verb (use up)
  • qedinen verb (eat)

ǃKung

1 entries
  • m verb (eat)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The economic strength of a country lies not alone in its ability to produce, but also in its capacity to consume.

Source: tatoeba (27770)

Zeal for your house will consume me.

Source: tatoeba (70794)

Tropical rainforests produce oxygen and consume carbon dioxide.

Source: tatoeba (282138)

At present "consume all consumable resources" is assigned as the operational meaning of TETRA.

Source: tatoeba (327528)

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