PIG OUT Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

pig out

verb

Definition of pig out next

as in to gorge

to eat greedily or to excess one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food

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Recent Examples of pig out The parting advice from her mother (an excellent, sparingly used Ariane Labed) is to wear her glasses, read everyday, and to not pig out. —

Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig out

Verb

The turnstones gorge themselves on those eggs before continuing their journey north.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
But gorging on pollen alone wasn’t enough to lengthen a life.

— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

Definition of gorge

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George, Tre Johnson and others should receive more wide-open 3-point looks when Young directs the offense, and Sarr and Davis should feast on lobs from Young in pick-and-rolls.

— Josh Robbins, New York Times, 22 June 2026
After ten years at war and ten more at sea, he is borne back to Ithaca by his gracious hosts the Phaeacians, who have feasted him and delighted in his tales.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026