Imbibe

//ɪmˈbaɪb//

Synonyms for "imbibe" (90 found)

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

9 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

derived

7 entries

etymologically related_to

3 entries

is a

1 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

48 translations across 21 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • ըմպել verb (drink)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • изпи́вам verb (drink)
  • пи́я verb (drink)
  • поглъ́щам verb (take in)
  • пое́мам verb (take in)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 吸入 verb (take in)
  • 吸取 verb (take in)
  • 吸收 verb (take in)
  • verb (drink)

Czech

3 entries
  • nasát verb (take in)
  • nasávat verb (drink)
  • vstřebat verb (take in)

Dutch

4 entries
  • drinken verb (drink)
  • nuttigen verb (drink)
  • opnemen verb (take in)
  • tot zich nemen verb (drink)

Finnish

3 entries
  • imeä itseensä verb (take in)
  • juoda verb (drink)
  • omaksua verb (take in)

French

2 entries
  • absorber verb (take in)
  • boire verb (drink)

German

2 entries
  • trinken verb (drink)
  • vereinnahmen verb (take in)

Italian

1 entries
  • assorbire verb (drink)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 吸収する verb (take in)

Korean

2 entries
  • 마시다 verb (drink)
  • 흡수하다 verb (take in)

Middle English

1 entries
  • imbiben verb (take in)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • چكمك verb (take in)

Polish

1 entries
  • pić verb (drink)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • beber verb (drink)
  • embeber verb (take in)

Romanian

2 entries
  • bea verb (drink)
  • îmbiba verb (take in)

Russian

4 entries
  • перенима́ть verb (take in)
  • пить verb (drink)
  • поглоща́ть verb (take in)
  • принима́ть verb (drink)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • पिबति verb (drink)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • deoghail verb (drink)

Spanish

3 entries
  • beber verb (drink)
  • embeber verb (take in)
  • tomar verb (drink)

Swedish

3 entries
  • anamma verb (take in)
  • dricka verb (drink)
  • supa verb (drink)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I don't imbibe.

Source: tatoeba (3754440)

Shall we imbibe?

Source: tatoeba (10243733)

Perhaps in the case of the vodka-drinking peasant it is this weekly parboil which saves his life and postpones the dreadful day when the constant imbibing of unlimited quantities of the deadly liquor must be paid for.

Source: wiktionary

Without its sting, the common yellowjacket would be unable to steal ham from our sandwich or imbibe the sweet juice from our peach.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.