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
• savours
• 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

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, 18 Sep. 2025

Lead in any amount can cause health problems, particularly in children, whether a person breathes it in or ingests it, while extremely high lead levels can cause a seizure, coma or death. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025

If a kissing bug ingests blood from an animal infected with the parasite, then the bug can also become infected with it. —Chantelle Lee, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

For enterprises, the model is also packaged as Boltz-2 NIM, a production-ready microservice that ingests protein, RNA, DNA, or ligand sequences and returns 3D structures and affinity predictions with enterprise support. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025

Rogen appeared on a recent episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, where the host praised his new Apple TV+ series The Studio and the performance of costar Bryan Cranston as a character who ingests a large dose of mushrooms before a big presentation. —EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025