Synonyms of gobbled

gobbled

verb

past tense of gobble

as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily

gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devoured
• inhaled
• gulped
• scarfed
• wolfed
• scoffed
• crammed
• glutted
• slopped
• gorged
• bolted
• ravened
• ingurgitated
• swilled
• gormandized
• overate
• pigged out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• picked
• nibbled
• pecked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gobbled

For three consecutive evenings, just before dark, this bird zipped to the dining table, gobbled down a quick meal, then hurried back to its roost. — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Chelsea have now gobbled up 17 non-‘Big Six’ players in the past decade, something which speaks to both their rampant transfer activity and a seeming preference for young players already proven in England’s top division. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

The instant Schwartzel's ball hit the pond, a fish — seemingly a largemouth bass — exploded from the water and gobbled it up like someone had just tossed a topwater lure directly onto its head. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

In June, in a move that reverberated through the tech industry, Apple raised prices across nearly all of its product lines in response to the surging costs of memory and storage, which are being gobbled up for AI infrastructure. — Mark Yarm, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

And Amazon and other merchants gobbled up the ubiquitous concrete cubes dotting the region’s landscape. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 31 July 2026

The consumer electronics business is being squeezed by a shortage of memory and storage chips, which are being gobbled up in the AI arms race. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 July 2026

Though many old artists’ residences have been gobbled up by new high-rises, pockets of nostalgia persist on the streets of New York’s NoHo neighborhood. — Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 30 July 2026

Young orcas then gobbled up fish fragments that drifted through the water as their elders tore into what was left of the sunfish’s corpse. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026