consuming

adjective

con·​sum·​ing kən-ˈsü-miŋ 

: deeply felt : ardent

a consuming interest

also : engrossing

Synonyms of consuming

• interesting
• engaging
• absorbing
• intriguing
• fascinating
• involving

Examples of consuming in a Sentence

didn't find the plot of the novel particularly consuming

Recent Examples on the Web

But that’s a less consuming point to Kelce now than ever before. — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2025

What researchers do know is how consuming weed alters sleep patterns. — Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 3 June 2026

The cramps that felt sharper, deeper, more consuming than what friends described. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 1 May 2026

The hero is Alice, wife to Jack, who finds a job in the all-consuming but rather mysterious Victory Project. — James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing consuming

• all-consuming
• self-consuming
• time-consuming

Rhymes for consuming

• assuming
• costuming
• presuming
• resuming
• subsuming
• blooming
• booming
• fuming
• grooming
• looming
• rooming
• zooming