Synonyms of swallowing

swallowing

verb

present participle of swallow

1

as in sipping

to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat

try not to swallow the toothpaste

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sipping
• chewing
• drinking
• eating
• ingesting
• licking
• downing
• consuming
• getting down
• gulping
• devouring
• guzzling
• imbibing
• munching
• supping
• scoffing
• knocking back
• scarfing
• gobbling (up or down)
• wolfing
• mouthing (down)
• ruminating
• finishing
• gorging
• pecking (at)
• nibbling (on)
• gnawing (at or on)
• putting away
• lapping
• ingurgitating
• polishing off
• bolting
• dispatching

2

as in suppressing

to refrain from openly showing or uttering

swallowed his pride and asked for help

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suppressing
• stifling
• repressing
• strangling
• submerging
• controlling
• smothering
• choking (back)
• containing
• managing
• holding back
• pocketing
• sinking
• governing
• curbing
• checking
• quelling
• quashing
• bridling
• muffling
• squelching
• bottling up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expressing
• releasing
• taking out
• venting
• unleashing
• loosing

3

as in believing

to regard as right or true

my little niece swallows everything I tell her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believing
• taking
• accepting
• understanding
• buying
• trusting
• crediting
• accounting
• setting store by
• accrediting
• assuming
• presuming
• deducing
• supposing
• inferring
• concluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• discrediting
• disbelieving
• questioning
• doubting
• suspecting
• challenging
• distrusting
• mistrusting
• disputing
• misdoubting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swallowing

But tests like that require swallowing a special substance and shipping a sample to a lab for analysis. — Marta Zaraaska, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026

The contrast stitching adds a unique edge, and the oversized fit is so cool and cozy without swallowing you whole. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 31 Oct. 2026

For head and neck cancer survivors specifically, nearly all clinicians routinely assess cancer recurrence, swallowing and thyroid function. — Marci Lee Nilsen, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026

The historic weather pattern claimed more than a dozen homes along the shore in Long Beach, swallowing up boardwalks and portions of the Pacific Coast Highway farther south. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

That includes problems affecting your hearing, swallowing, breathing, and voice—and some that require urgent care. — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

The purpose of antitrust was to prevent companies from getting too large by taking over companies and swallowing them up and thwarting competition. — John E. McDonough, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026

By institutional convention, such a show would unfold chronologically; but as its curator, the Native designer Brian Johnson, notes, time is a snake swallowing its own tail. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

The Medicare Advantage and D-SNP list drops authorization for speech and language treatment, group speech treatment, swallowing dysfunction and spinal chiropractic manipulation. — Jp Montoya, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026