Synonyms of masticates

masticates

verb

present tense third-person singular of masticate

as in chews

to crush or grind with the teeth

mindlessly masticated peanuts while watching the baseball game on TV

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chews
• bites (on)
• crunches (on)
• chaws
• gnaws (on)
• chomps (on)
• eats
• champs
• nibbles
• sinks one's teeth into
• consumes
• snacks
• picks (at)
• gobbles (up or down)
• munches
• swallows
• ruminates
• pecks (at)
• devours
• scoffs
• scarfs
• mumbles
• noshes
• wolfs
• gulps
• ingests
• gorges
• nips
• bolts
• gums

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of masticates

The opening sequence, where McGuigan shamelessly apes Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, is reasonably entertaining, and McAvoy masticates the scenery with a winking fervor that befits the project, but the whole thing is unforgivably half-baked. —Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2021