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swallow - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | swallow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt*, bolt*, devour, dispatch, dispose, down, drink, drop, eat, gobble, gulp, imbibe, ingest, inhale, put away, quaff, sip, swig, swill, take, toss, wolf, chugalug, ingurgitate, slurp, wash down |
| Antonyms: | expel, regurgitate, spit out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swallow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe without much thought |
| Synonyms: | accept, buy, fall for, be naive |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, doubt |
| Main Entry: | brook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, accept |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear, countenance, go, hear of, sit tight*, stand, stomach, suffer, support, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand, be big, hang in, hang in there, live with, put up with |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | countenance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approve, support |
| Synonyms: | abet, accept, advocate, aid, applaud, back, bear with, champion, commend, condone, confirm, cope, encourage, endorse, favor, go for, handle, help, invite, okay*, sanction, stand for, swallow*, thumbs up*, uphold, approbate, get behind, give green light, give stamp of approval, give the nod, go along with, grin and bear it, hold with, live with, nod at, put John Hancock on, put up with, sign off on, sit still for, smile on*, stomach something |
| Antonyms: | deny, disagree, disapprove, discourage, fight, oppose, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beverage; alcoholic beverage |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, booze*, brew, cup, draft, glass, gulp, libation, liquid, liquor, potable, potion, refreshment, shot, sip, slug*, spirits, spot*, swallow, swig, taste, toast, potation, thirst quencher |
| Antonyms: | food |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take in liquid |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt*, booze*, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle*, hit the bottle*, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap*, nip*, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, sop, sponge, suck, swallow, swig, swill, thirst, tipple*, toast, liquor up*, partake of, slurp, soak up, sup, tank up, toss off, wash down, wet whistle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eat up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to accept |
| Synonyms: | buy, swallow, stand still for |
| Main Entry: | gobble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat hurriedly |
| Synonyms: | cram*, devour, gorge, gulp*, guzzle, scarf*, stuff*, swallow, wolf*, ingurgitate, suck up* |
| Antonyms: | nibble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gorge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat voraciously |
| Synonyms: | bolt*, cloy, cram, devour, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, jam, overeat, pack, sate, satiate, stuff*, surfeit, swallow, wolf*, blimp out, congest, eat like a horse, hoover, jade, make a pig of, overindulge |
| Antonyms: | abstain, diet, fast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gulp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink fast |
| Synonyms: | belt*, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, drop*, gobble*, guzzle*, imbibe, inhale*, pour, quaff, slop*, slosh*, stuff, swallow, swig, swill, take in, wolf*, choke down, chugalug, englut, ingurgitate, scarf down, toss off, wolf down |
| Antonyms: | nibble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hang tough |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | bear, brave, face, go through, keep up, stand, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, take it*, weather, withstand, be patient with, bear the brunt, cope with, grin and bear it, gut it out, hang in, hang in there, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, put up with, ride out*, sit through, stick in there, stick it out, tough it out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imbibe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink, often heavily |
| Synonyms: | absorb, assimilate, belt*, consume, down, gorge, guzzle*, ingest, irrigate, partake, put away*, quaff, sip, swallow, swig*, swill*, toss*, ingurgitate, raise a few |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tolerate, withstand |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, put up with |
| Antonyms: | change, fight, stand up |
| Main Entry: | mumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say low and inarticulately |
| Synonyms: | grumble, maunder, murmur, mutter, ramble, rumble, speak, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whimper, whine, whisper, say to oneself |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
| Main Entry: | mutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble, mumble |
| Synonyms: | complain, croak, groan, grouch*, grouse, growl, grunt, moan, muddle, murmur, rumble, snarl, sputter, swallow, whisper |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quaff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink down |
| Synonyms: | down, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, partake, sip, swallow, swig, swill, toss, ingurgitate, sup |
| Antonyms: | eject |
| Main Entry: | repress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep back, hold in |
| Synonyms: | black out*, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool*, cork*, crush, curb, gridlock*, hinder, hold back, inhibit, kill*, lock, master, muffle, overcome, overpower, quash, quell, rein, restrain, silence, smother, squelch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, swallow, tie up*, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps, quelch, shush, simmer down*, throw cold water on |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink slowly |
| Synonyms: | extract, imbibe, partake, quaff, sample, savor, swallow, taste, toss, drink in, sup |
| Antonyms: | down, slurp |
| Main Entry: | stomach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, tolerate |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, bear with, bite the bullet*, brook, digest, stand, suffer, swallow, sweat, take, tolerate, grin and bear it, live with, put up with, reconcile oneself, resign oneself, submit to |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | susceptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed, naive |
| Synonyms: | affected, disposed, easy, fall for, given, gullible, impressed, impressible, impressionable, inclined, influenced, liable, mark, movable, obnoxious, open, out on a limb*, persuadable, predisposed, prone, pushover, ready, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensitive, sentient, sitting duck*, soft, subject, sucker, swallow, tender, touched, vulnerable, aroused, be taken in, easily moved, nonresistant, roused, sensile, stirred, suggestible, susceptive, swayed, tumble for, wide open |
| Antonyms: | resistant, resisting, unsusceptible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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