Synonyms of ingests

ingests

verb

present tense third-person singular of ingest

1

as in consumes

to take in as food

claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consumes
• eats
• devours
• chews
• licks
• swallows
• digests
• partakes (of)
• tucks (away or in)
• puts away
• scoffs
• relishes
• gulps
• savors
• tastes
• dines
• puts down
• swills
• mouths (down)
• picks (at)
• slops
• munches
• regales
• wolfs
• gobbles (up or down)
• downs
• gluts (on)
• gnaws (at or on)
• gorges
• sups
• nibbles (on)
• bolts
• gums
• laps
• fares
• chows (down on)
• dispatches
• snarfs (down)
• feasts
• banquets
• snacks
• polishes off
• lunches
• pigs out
• nurses
• breakfasts
• noshes
• gormandizes

2

as in swallows

to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat

ingested the foul-tasting medicine with only the greatest difficulty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swallows
• eats
• sips
• chews
• consumes
• drinks
• licks
• downs
• devours
• imbibes
• gets down
• guzzles
• gulps
• munches
• scoffs
• ruminates
• mouths (down)
• sups
• gobbles (up or down)
• knocks back
• finishes
• wolfs
• pecks (at)
• scarfs
• ingurgitates
• gnaws (at or on)
• bolts
• nibbles (on)
• puts away
• gorges
• polishes off
• dispatches
• laps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ingests

Long before Rudd unknowingly ingests psychedelic drugs and nearly kills Josh, with Marcus having to perform an emergency tracheotomy, Little Brother has long worn out its welcome. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

Baits contain insecticide that may not only kill the roach who ingests it but that has a secondary transfer to other roaches who may eat that roach’s waste or the roach itself, says Benson. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 June 2026

As the caterpillar ingests the leaf, its gut enzymes chop up the plant’s cellular engines and their pieces, including In11, are regurgitated back onto the leaf’s surface, albeit at extremely small concentrations. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026

The system ingests customer history and anticipates reorders. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 May 2026

Local Now ingests about 500,000 pieces of video per day. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2026

But the technique is now automated by AI, which ingests prompts and recombines preexisting media to spit out content. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026

Anyone who accidentally ingests a poisonous mushroom, like the Death Cap, may not experience symptoms until six or 24 hours later. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026

Infant botulism is a serious illness that develops when an infant ingests spores of the botulinum bacteria, which then colonize the baby’s underdeveloped gut and begin producing a toxin. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025