Synonyms and Antonyms of devour
1
to destroy all trace of
- a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island
gut
deplete, drain, exhaust, expend, spend, use up
annihilate, decimate, demolish, desolate, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, waste, wreck
annihilate, blot out, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, obliterate, remove, rub out, stamp (out), wipe out
2
to make complete use of
- a catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings
absorb, burn, consume, deplete, drain, draw down, exhaust, expend, play out, spend, use up
abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, reduce
eat, use
bankrupt, clean (out), impoverish
cripple, debilitate, disable, enfeeble, sap, undermine, weaken
dry up, empty
blow, dissipate, fritter (away), guzzle, lavish, misspend, run through, squander, throw away, waste
augment, enlarge, increase
bolster, enforce, fortify, reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen
rebuild, repair, restore, revive
conserve, preserve, save
3
to swallow or eat greedily
- the starving villagers simply devoured the relief food
bolt, cram, glut [archaic], gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, ingurgitate, inhale, raven, scarf, scoff, slop, wolf
