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

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Noun

The pig, always a bit mischievous, would often eat the dog’s food and hang out with the alpacas.

— Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026
The popular television series features Peppa, a playful and adventurous little pig, along with her family and friends.

— Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of pig

Noun

But raising hogs was physically demanding work and became less profitable for the family over time, Faaborg said.

— Rachel Cramer, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026
In the public imagination, Housewives with a capital H are fame-hungry attention hogs who would rather throw the $400 bottle of Château Brane-Cantenac Margaux that’s sitting in front of us than sip it, as Cosby is hesitantly doing now.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of hog

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