GLUTTON Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

glutton

noun

ˈglə-tᵊn

Definition of glutton

as in pig

one who eats greedily or too much he's such a glutton that he ate the whole cake

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Recent Examples of glutton Not to mention the obese little gluttons. — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025 The Suns may thwart a fast break, but end up with a tiny guard trying to keep a glass glutton off the boards. — Fred Katz, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 The bad guys are rich gluttons, the good guys are the struggling poor. — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024 In the early 1980s, in the 1990s, returning like a malarial fever, the enemy was the Medfly, the Mediterranean fruit fly — pest, parasite, glutton for our golden harvests, despoiler of sunny citrus and rosy peaches, murderer of guacamole avocados. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for glutton

Recent Examples of Synonyms for glutton

Noun

But Jesus eventually heals the man and casts the demons into a herd of pigs, which tumble over a cliff and drown.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
To the director’s glee, modern audiences may be more uncomfortable with Erika and Elliot’s lopsided power dynamic than the sight of sweet-faced Hoffman in a pig mask and panties.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of pig

Noun

The students and club members raise cows, goats, lambs, hogs, turkeys and more, spending hours feeding and training them daily and preparing them for showing.

— Heather McRea, Oc Register, 25 July 2026
From armrest hogs to aisle rushers, a new survey reveals the in-flight behaviors that frustrate American travelers most.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 21 July 2026