DEVOUR: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEVOUR?

Need another word that means the same as “devour”? Find 45 synonyms and 30 related words for “devour” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Devour” are: guttle, pig, raven, consume, demolish, down, go through, eat hungrily, eat quickly, eat greedily, eat heartily, eat up, swallow, gobble, gobble down, gobble up, guzzle, guzzle down, gulp, gulp down, bolt, bolt down, cram down, gorge oneself on, wolf, wolf down, feast on, destroy, engulf, envelop, lay waste, wipe out, annihilate, devastate, peruse, study, scrutinize, look through, afflict, torture, plague, bedevil, trouble, harrow, rack

Devour as a Verb

Definitions of "Devour" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “devour” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• (of fire or a similar force) destroy completely.
• Eat greedily.
• Eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
• Destroy completely.
• Read quickly and eagerly.
• Eat up completely, as with great appetite.
• Be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling.
• Eat immoderately.
• Enjoy avidly.

Synonyms of "Devour" as a verb (45 Words)

afflict	Cause physical pain or suffering in. Serious ills afflict the industry.
annihilate	Defeat utterly. A crusade to annihilate evil.
bedevil	(of a person) torment or harass. He bedevilled them with petty practical jokes.
bolt	Secure or lock with a bolt. Don t bolt your food.
bolt down	Swallow hastily.
consume	Serve oneself to or consume regularly. The fire consumed the building.
cram down	Study intensively, as before an exam.
demolish	Defeat soundly. Brown was busy demolishing a sausage roll.
destroy	Destroy completely damage irreparably. Northants have the batting to destroy anyone.
devastate	Overwhelm or overpower. She was devastated by the loss of Damian.
down	Bring down or defeat an opponent. Jones downed the ball in the end zone.
eat greedily	Use up (resources or materials.
eat heartily	Take in solid food.
eat hungrily	Take in food; used of animals only.
eat quickly	Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.
eat up	Eat a meal; take a meal.
engulf	Eat or swallow (something) whole. The bright light engulfed him completely.
envelop	Wrap up, cover, or surround completely. Their assignment was to envelop the head of the enemy column and destroy it.
feast on	Gratify.
go through	Go through in search of something search through someone s belongings in an unauthorized way.
gobble	Make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys. He gobbled up the rest of his sandwich.
gobble down	Make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys.
gobble up	Make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys.
gorge oneself on	Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
gulp	Utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly. The men gulped down their beers.
gulp down	To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught.
guttle	Eat greedily.
guzzle	Eat or drink (something) greedily. This car guzzles petrol.
guzzle down	Drink greedily or as if with great thirst.
harrow	Draw a harrow over land. Todd could take it whereas I m harrowed by it.
lay waste	Put in a horizontal position.
look through	Search or seek.
peruse	Read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way. Laura perused a Caravaggio.
pig	Live like a pig in squalor. They will carry out all trenching and pigging.
plague	Cause continual trouble or distress to. He has been plagued by ill health.
rack	Move by a rack and pinion. He was racked with guilt.
raven	Eat greedily. The lions ravened the bodies.
scrutinize	To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail. He scrutinized his likeness in the mirror.
study	Apply oneself to study. He has been studying mink for many years.
swallow	Enclose or envelop completely as if by swallowing. I swallowed my anger and kept quiet.
torture	Subject to torture. Most of the victims had been brutally tortured.
trouble	Take the trouble to do something concern oneself. Sorry to trouble you.
wipe out	Rub with a circular motion.
wolf	Eat hastily. The teenager wolfed down the pizza.
wolf down	Eat hastily.

Usage Examples of "Devour" as a verb

• She was devoured by envy.
• More and more green space has been devoured by new sprawling estates.
• She devoured his novels.
• He devoured three sandwiches.
• He devoured half of his burger in one bite.
• She spent her evenings devouring the classics.
• Fire had devoured our home.
• The hungry flames devoured the old house.

Associations of "Devour" (30 Words)

beverage	(chiefly in commercial use) a drink other than water. May I take your beverage order.
buffet	A meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves. A cold buffet lunch.
chomp	The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws. The boy chomped his sandwich.
digest	A substance or mixture obtained by digestion. A digest of their findings.
diner	A restaurant that resembles a dining car.
drink	The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess. Let s drink to the New Year.
eagerly	With eagerness; in an eager manner. The news was eagerly awaited.
eat	Eat a meal take a meal. What s eating you.
flavour	A substance used to alter or enhance the taste of food or drink a flavouring. Various flavours of firewall are evolving.
foodstuff	A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food. The people depend on sago starch as a basic foodstuff.
glutton	An excessively greedy eater. He s a glutton for adventure.
gobble	Eat hastily without proper chewing. This small department was gobbled up by the Ministry of Transport.
gourmand	A person who enjoys eating and often eats too much.
gulp	An act of gulping food or drink. He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat.
imbibe	Place (seeds) in water in order for them to absorb it. If one does not imbibe the culture one cannot succeed.
ingest	Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. They ingest oxygen from the air.
liqueur	A chocolate with a liqueur filling. An Italian almond flavoured liqueur.
nip	Sever or remove by pinching or snipping. Nip off the flowers.
overeat	Overeat or eat immodestly make a pig of oneself. If your friends overeat you re more likely to overeat too.
quaff	Drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily. Porter is a dark malty quaff.
quench	An act of quenching a very hot substance. Quench steel.
ravening	(of a ferocious wild animal) extremely hungry and hunting for prey. They turned on each other like ravening wolves.
savor	Have flavor; taste of something. Savor the soup.
sip	Drink in sips. I sat sipping coffee.
slake	Satisfy (desires. Slake the lime within a day or two of purchase.
slurp	Eat noisily. She slurped her coffee.
sup	A sip of liquid. She supped up her soup delightedly.
swallow	An amount of something swallowed in one action. He seemed ready to swallow any insult.
tang	A characteristic quality. A full tang is used for strength.
thirst	Feel the need to drink. A few could drink while many thirsted.