Synonyms of cormorants

cormorants

noun

plural of cormorant

as in pigs

one who eats greedily or too much

Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pigs
• hogs
• gluttons
• overeaters
• swillers
• gorgers
• stuffers
• gormandizers
• gourmands
• feasters
• trenchermen
• guzzlers
• munchers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pickers
• dieters
• nibblers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cormorants

Four-year-old Juni Wahab was entranced by the sight of the swallows and cormorants swooping low overhead and the rushing twists of water. — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Eagles, egrets, cormorants and herons are fishing, too. — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 June 2026

The team mapped cormorants’ nests in the cliffs above La Jolla Cove and saw the first eggs of the year in January. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026

Our view looked out over a small pond—perfect for birding, as cormorants regularly took up post on a tree there—and the ocean beyond. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026

Among its meanders, islands and beaches, there are storks, herons, cormorants and kingfishers. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 May 2026

Many other birds make their home here, including bald eagles and cormorants. — Kara Williams, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026

And for the tireless efforts of the Society’s 2,000 members and donors, the basin remains a destination for nature lovers who track white pelicans, geese, cormorants, herons and other birds in a 2,150-acre playground filled with native plants. — Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026

Wander the windswept shoreline as waves break at your feet and Brandt’s cormorants wheel through the air. — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026