GLUT Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

Q: How is the word 'glut' different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of glut are cloy , gorge , pall , sate , satiate , and surfeit . While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," glut implies excess in feeding or supplying. // a market glutted with diet books

Q: Where would 'cloy' be a reasonable alternative to 'glut'?

The synonyms cloy and glut are sometimes interchangeable, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting. // sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

Q: When is it sensible to use 'gorge' instead of 'glut'?

Although the words gorge and glut have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking. // gorged themselves with chocolate

Q: When is 'pall' a more appropriate choice than 'glut'?

The meanings of pall and glut largely overlap; however, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite. // a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

Q: How are the words 'satiate' and 'sate' related as synonyms of 'glut'?

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. // years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel // readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

Q: When can 'surfeit' be used instead of 'glut'?

While in some cases nearly identical to glut , surfeit implies a nauseating repletion. // surfeited themselves with junk food

glut 1 of 3

verb (1)

ˈglət

Definition of glut

as in to stuff

to fill with food to capacity prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill

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fast

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verb (2)

archaic

as in to devour

to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

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glut

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noun

as in surplus

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How is the word glut different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of glut are cloy, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

Where would cloy be a reasonable alternative to glut?

The synonyms cloy and glut are sometimes interchangeable, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

When is it sensible to use gorge instead of glut?

Although the words gorge and glut have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When is pall a more appropriate choice than glut?

The meanings of pall and glut largely overlap; however, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

How are the words satiate and sate related as synonyms of glut?

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel

readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

When can surfeit be used instead of glut?

While in some cases nearly identical to glut, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

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Recent Examples of glut

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The waterway, a critical shipping route, has essentially been closed for the duration of the conflict, causing a supply glut in the oil market that has sent prices skyrocketing. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026 His late 2025 goal glut with Leeds also came from a stream of strikes down the centre of the penalty area. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026

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But the glut of water became a problem. — Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026 Publishers are stacking the deck for the fall, when a glut of books are sent into the world steeled for holiday gifting. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for glut

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The bánh cuốn đặc biệt — a combination plate with plain steamed rice sheets, sheets stuffed with ground pork and mushroom and pieces filled with shrimp — satisfied my internet FOMO cravings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Surveillance video outside city hall showed political operatives stuffing stacks of ballots into public drop boxes.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

Definition of stuff

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Political theory students still study their practical wisdom, often after devouring centuries of more speculative and theoretical texts.

— Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
If Spam isn’t your thing — how dare you — locals just as eagerly devour katsubi (a chicken katsu musubi), egg musubi or even, yes, hot dog musubi.

— USA Today, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of devour

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The false surplus sparked a sharp increase in spending that has outstripped revenues ever since.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
The investment is part of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $45 million allocation of tax increment financing surplus to the Park District this year.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of surplus

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Dangers from wildfire smoke Smoke is made up of tiny particles that can be inhaled deep into a person's lungs and even enter the bloodstream.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 16 July 2026
Legionnaires’ disease is a form of pneumonia typically contracted by inhaling tiny water droplets contaminated with Legionella bacteria.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

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Downtown has suffered from an oversupply of office space since a building spree in the 1980s and early 1990s.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The oil market is coming full circle as millions of barrels that were stranded in the Persian Gulf head to global markets, creating a sudden oversupply that has pushed prices to their lowest level since the US-Iran war began.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of oversupply

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As a theater critic surfeited with plays, radio dramas worked best for me as an unplanned diversion in my car.

— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
But the younger people making theater now are drawn to it now because they’ve been surfeited with digital culture.

— Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023

Definition of surfeit

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