as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess
one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig out
Verb
-
Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Our collective efforts were failing as residents battled billionaires and the politicians gorging on them.—
Josh Peter,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
Verb
-
Well, Sydney feasts a little bit at the end.—
Claire Messud,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2026
-
Fat Tuesday is a tradition of feasting on rich foods before the 40-day Lenten period of fasting begins on Ash Wednesday.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Pig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig%20out. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share