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 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 Best Linen Clothing for Spring Travel at Quince I’m a glutton for springtime. — Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026 Audrey is a sometime professional glutton and full-time travel addict, and counts Mongolia and Botswana among her favorite places on earth. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2026 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

The same scalpel or bone saw that cut a human also cleft sheep, horses, pigs and other animals in distress.

— Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Alpha-gal syndrome is caused by ticks, usually the lone star tick, that have previously fed on mammals like cows, deer, goats and pigs.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 July 2026

Definition of pig

Noun

At the same time, industrial production of larger, leaner hogs expanded, and pork shoulders became more practical to cook.

— Amethyst Ganaway, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
Qin Muyuan, the 31-year-old son of Chinese billionaire Qin Yinglin, today joined the board of the family flagship Muyuan Foods Group, the world’s corporate leader in hog sales by volume.

— Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026