Synonyms of devouring

devouring 1 of 2

adjective

as in gobbling

Related Words

• gobbling
• gorging
• gulping
• insatiable
• wolfish
• ravenous
• gormandizing
• unquenchable
• starving
• voracious
• gluttonous
• hearty
• hungry
• starved
• swinish
• hoggish
• greedy
• piggish
• rapacious
• unslakable
• famished
• edacious
• malnourished
• peckish
• undernourished
• underfed
• esurient
• empty

Dissimilar Words

• full
• content
• satisfied
• stuffed
• sated
• glutted
• satiated

devouring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of devour

1

as in consuming

to destroy all trace of

a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consuming
• demolishing
• ruining
• wrecking
• eating (up)
• draining
• devastating
• eradicating
• shattering
• depleting
• extinguishing
• spending
• exhausting
• gutting
• expending
• obliterating
• pulverizing
• wasting
• smashing
• annihilating
• exterminating
• decimating
• removing
• using up
• wiping out
• desolating
• tearing down
• extirpating
• razing
• stamping (out)
• blotting out
• doing in
• rubbing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• saving
• preserving
• building
• constructing
• raising
• conserving
• erecting
• putting up

2

as in spending

to make complete use of

a catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consuming
• spending
• draining
• exhausting
• absorbing
• burning
• reducing
• eating
• depleting
• using
• expending
• emptying
• playing out
• decreasing
• drawing down
• running out of
• wasting
• using up
• diminishing
• lowering
• dwindling
• weakening
• downsizing
• undermining
• impoverishing
• bankrupting
• sapping
• crippling
• lessening
• cleaning (out)
• disabling
• blowing
• debilitating
• enfeebling
• abating
• guzzling
• squandering
• dissipating
• lavishing
• drying up
• de-escalating
• throwing away
• running through
• frittering (away)
• misspending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• replacing
• increasing
• renewing
• enlarging
• enforcing
• reinforcing
• strengthening
• augmenting
• repairing
• restoring
• preserving
• rebuilding
• saving
• reviving
• conserving
• bolstering
• fortifying

3

as in inhaling

to swallow or eat greedily

the starving villagers simply devoured the relief food

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inhaling
• gulping
• cramming
• scarfing
• scoffing
• gobbling
• gorging
• ravening
• glutting
• wolfing
• slopping
• bolting
• gormandizing
• ingurgitating
• overeating
• swilling
• pigging out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• picking
• nibbling
• pecking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of devouring

Adjective

That wall of water roared downstream, smashing and devouring. — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026

Family drama fueled by Dorothy's world-devouring, man-eating antics aside, Scarpetta is also aiming to separate itself from the competition by leveraging a unique narrative structure that essentially adapts two of Cornwell's books in a single season. — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026

Verb

Just like today’s tentacled ocean dwellers, the Mesozoic squid ancestor likely had no problem devouring its relatives—or even members of its own species. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026

Davis loved to read and collect books, devouring anything from John Updike and Margaret Atwood, among other authors, a passion that necessitated having bookshelves in every room of his home. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Raised in a working-class family in the English county of Essex, Jordan was a dedicated reader, who grew up devouring books by Jacqueline Wilson and Malorie Blackman. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

The Milky Way has something of a torrid and violent history, given that our galaxy has fueled its own growth by cannibalistically devouring smaller galaxies. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Observers were treated to the gruesome sight of ravens hacking open unattended eggs and devouring the contents. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

Even fussy kids were devouring their slices and were largely eating their crusts. — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

Sainsbury was inspired to create the podcast after devouring hit true crime pods like Serial, The Teacher’s Pet and Amanda Knox’s Blood Money and realizing there was a clear parody angle. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

The cave was used to film scenes with Polyphemus, the Cyclops who traps Odysseus and his crew in his cave before devouring several of the men. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026