glutton

noun

glut·​ton ˈglə-tᵊn 

1

a

: one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking

b

: one that has a great capacity for enjoying, accepting, or enduring something

a glutton for gossip

a glutton for punishment

2

: wolverine sense 1a

Synonyms of glutton

• pig
• hog

Examples of glutton in a Sentence

he's such a glutton that he ate the whole cake

Recent Examples on the Web

And yet, to holier-than-thou doctors like young Ogilvie (Lucas Iverson), Howard is a cautionary tale: a glutton who can’t control himself, a rube who hasn’t heard of Ozempic, and a lazy slouch who can’t manage to drag himself to aqua aerobics. —Marah Eakin, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026

All of these people are gluttons at the feast. —Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026

Not to mention the obese little gluttons. —Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025

Long-range gluttons are colliding with 3-point stranglers. —Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English glotoun, from Anglo-French glutun, glotun, from Latin glutton-, glutto; akin to Latin gluttire to swallow, gula throat, Old English ceole

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing glutton

• glutton for punishment

Rhymes for glutton

• button
• clutton
• mutton
• witan
• unbutton

Kids Definition

glutton

noun

glut·​ton ˈglət-ᵊn 

1

: one that eats too much

2

: wolverine

gluttonous

ˈglət-nəs, 

-ᵊn-əs

adjective

gluttonously adverb