Synonyms of consumes

consumes

verb

present tense third-person singular of consume

1

as in devours

to destroy all trace of

massive fires had consumed hundreds of square miles of forest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devours
• eats (up)
• drains
• demolishes
• depletes
• devastates
• ruins
• shatters
• eradicates
• spends
• extinguishes
• expends
• wrecks
• exhausts
• guts
• wastes
• obliterates
• removes
• uses up
• annihilates
• pulverizes
• smashes
• decimates
• stamps (out)
• wipes out
• exterminates
• desolates
• razes
• extirpates
• does in
• tears down
• blots out
• rubs out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• saves
• preserves
• builds
• conserves
• raises
• constructs
• erects
• puts up

2

as in spends

to make complete use of

the mining company consumed all of the local mineral resources and then moved on

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spends
• drains
• exhausts
• absorbs
• reduces
• burns
• uses
• depletes
• eats
• devours
• expends
• empties
• plays out
• decreases
• draws down
• runs out of
• wastes
• uses up
• diminishes
• lowers
• weakens
• downsizes
• dwindles
• lessens
• undermines
• impoverishes
• saps
• debilitates
• disables
• cripples
• cleans (out)
• abates
• bankrupts
• guzzles
• blows
• dissipates
• enfeebles
• squanders
• lavishes
• de-escalates
• dries up
• runs through
• throws away
• fritters (away)
• misspends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• replaces
• increases
• renews
• augments
• enlarges
• enforces
• reinforces
• strengthens
• repairs
• restores
• saves
• preserves
• revives
• conserves
• fortifies
• bolsters
• rebuilds

3

as in eats

to take in as food

hungry enough to consume most of the pie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eats
• devours
• ingests
• partakes (of)
• chews
• tucks (away or in)
• swallows
• licks
• puts away
• digests
• puts down
• relishes
• mouths (down)
• tastes
• scoffs
• savors
• gulps
• picks (at)
• dines
• swills
• gobbles (up or down)
• gnaws (at or on)
• downs
• wolfs
• slops
• nibbles (on)
• munches
• gluts (on)
• gorges
• regales
• feasts
• fares
• chows (down on)
• laps
• dispatches
• banquets
• bolts
• snarfs (down)
• snacks
• sups
• lunches
• gums
• polishes off
• pigs out
• breakfasts
• nurses
• gormandizes
• noshes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of consumes

Demand for memory chips has also been surging as the AI data center buildout consumes much of the high-bandwidth memory on the market. —Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026

An average American man consumes about 100 grams of protein per day. —Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026

Journalism is a great way to do it, but sometimes fictional storytelling is a more effective way of highlighting issues in the world, especially right now, where people are so polarized that everyone only consumes their own news sources that affirm their preexisting biases. —Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026

Prune the blossom before seed development, as seed production consumes energy that could otherwise be used for more flowers. —Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025

And in Point2’s case, the system consumes one-third of optical’s power, costs one-third as much, and offers as little as one-thousandth the latency. —IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2025

Much of that trauma stems from a tapeworm egg that Elvira consumes to lose weight at the beginning of her transformation. —Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025

At the same time, demand is increasing due to growing urban populations and a thirsty agricultural sector, which consumes more than 80% of Iraq’s water resources. —Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025

However, each conversion step consumes energy, introduces delay, and loses some of the information carried by the original signal. —Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025