SWALLOWED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

swallowed

verb

past tense of swallow

as in sipped

to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat try not to swallow the toothpaste

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as in stifled

to refrain from openly showing or uttering swallowed his pride and asked for help

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as in believed

to regard as right or true my little niece swallows everything I tell her

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Recent Examples of swallowed Hidden beneath the understory, almost swallowed by spider lilies, was a burial ground. — Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026 But without intentional choices, those four hours can just as easily be swallowed up by more emails, more meetings, more administrative tasks and a longer to-do list. — Subha Barry, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Unfortunately for us, those tenants have evolved a sticky knack for evading eviction, creating a webbing known as biofilm that prevents them from being easily licked or swallowed away. — Mike McRae, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026 The collapse swallowed part of the driveway and damaged the deck of the Spider-Noir actor’s property. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026 Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs will someday be absorbed by the pack, their lead position in the SEC swallowed up by Florida, South Carolina and their ilk as the transfer portal and name, image and likeness payments continue to level the playing field. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026 Moments later, the six of us were swallowed up in the gloom of a dense fog. — Don J. Dinndorf, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2026 Since 2011, the space agency had swallowed its pride and gone, hat in hand, to Russia for transportation to the space station. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026 The industry swallowed her whole, and Mama G is trying to protect him from suffering the same fate. — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallowed

Verb

And in lieu of warm apple cider, sweet coconut water is sipped beachside straight from a coco.

— Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2026
The leaves are steeped in a hollowed gourd and the drink is sipped through a metal straw called a bombilla, and the gourd passes from hand to hand among friends, family and sometimes strangers, refilled for hours.

— ISABEL DEBRE, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of sipped

Verb

On a Monday night when the Bears defense stifled the Seahawks for much of the game, a takeaway was the only thing missing.

— Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
Like many Jewish sites across Eastern Europe, where the Nazis’ annihilation was followed by decades of Soviet rule that stifled Jewish memory and communal life, the school’s history had been buried.

— Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of stifled

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For centuries, people there have chewed the leaf or brewed it into tea for its stimulant-like effects.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
Avoid giving younger children hard candies such as Jolly Ranchers or other kinds that can’t be chewed easily.

— Lina Ruiz October 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of chewed

Verb

Overall, Ukraine’s air defenses shot down or suppressed 196 Russian drones overnight into Friday.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Edison mentions an abusive boyfriend of Leonora’s, and there is one scene, set at a public park, where some of Arlo’s suppressed trauma flares violently into the open.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of suppressed

Verb

The system produced a mathematical proof that was accepted by Lean, a proof-assistant software used to check the logical correctness of formal mathematical arguments.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Feingold succeeds David Jefferson, Executive Vice President, Communications, who has accepted the company’s voluntary early retirement offer after 15 years with Disney.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of accepted

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Study participants who drank warm water were also able to pass gas significantly earlier than those who did not.

— Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 8 Nov. 2026
Another study included 85 participants with type 2 diabetes who drank a single dose of fresh pomegranate juice after 12 hours of fasting.

— Suchandrima Bhowmik, HEALTH, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of drank

Verb

Philadelphia took control late in the third quarter and entered the final period leading 96-87.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
Betts made back-to-back baskets before Donovyn Hunter hit a three-pointer that made it 14-4 a little more than four minutes into the game and the Bruins took a 13-point lead into halftime.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026

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