Synonyms of gulping

gulping 1 of 2

adjective

as in devouring

Related Words

• devouring
• gobbling
• gorging
• gormandizing
• wolfish
• hearty
• insatiable
• ravenous
• starving
• unquenchable
• gluttonous
• hungry
• swinish
• voracious
• hoggish
• starved
• piggish
• greedy
• rapacious
• famished
• peckish
• unslakable
• esurient
• edacious
• malnourished
• undernourished
• underfed
• empty

Dissimilar Words

• full
• stuffed
• content
• satisfied
• satiated
• sated
• glutted

gulping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of gulp

1

as in sipping

to swallow in liquid form

hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sipping
• drinking
• slurping
• swigging
• licking
• quaffing
• guzzling
• supping
• sucking
• imbibing
• swilling
• hoisting
• tossing (down or off)
• pounding (down)
• belting (down)
• knocking back
• slugging (down)
• consuming
• lapping
• downing
• tippling
• mouthing (down)
• toasting
• putting away
• killing
• wining
• nipping
• ingurgitating
• pledging

2

as in inhaling

to swallow or eat greedily

you never taste your food—you just gulp it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inhaling
• devouring
• gobbling
• cramming
• scarfing
• scoffing
• wolfing
• gorging
• slopping
• ravening
• glutting
• bolting
• swilling
• gormandizing
• ingurgitating
• overeating
• pigging out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• picking
• nibbling
• pecking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gulping

Verb

Others can’t stand the sound of gulping. — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

This viral anti-slip slow feeder lick bowl helps prevent gulping and bloating, while keeping your dogs entertained for longer with a healthy, fun challenge. — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 25 May 2026

Yes, gulping the liquid the night before was an ordeal — try drinking three liters of anything in three hours, going to sleep, then waking up six hours later for one final liter. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026

Protostars are messy and dynamic, gulping down material in spurts and fits and ejecting powerful outflows of wind and jets that punch into the surrounding clouds. — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026

The cayenne pepper lingers on the tongue for a full minute after gulping the shot down. — April Benshosan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025

One night Icarius got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party. — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025

The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025