Synonyms of swigs

swigs 1 of 2

noun

plural of swig

as in sips

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time

can I have just a swig of your lemonade to wash down these french fries?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sips
• gulps
• drinks
• swallows
• nips
• belts
• snorts
• drafts
• quaffs
• slugs
• swills
• shots
• drops
• sups
• drams
• drags

swigs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of swig

as in gulps

to swallow in liquid form

the only way he can stay awake at his night job is by constantly swigging drinks containing caffeine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sips
• gulps
• drinks
• quaffs
• licks
• slurps
• pounds (down)
• guzzles
• swills
• belts (down)
• imbibes
• sups
• tosses (down or off)
• hoists
• slugs (down)
• knocks back
• sucks
• consumes
• mouths (down)
• laps
• downs
• wines
• toasts
• tipples
• nips
• puts away
• ingurgitates
• kills
• pledges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swigs

Noun

Harris swigs vodka from a bottle. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026

In between tastings, palates were cleansed with sips of water, bites of crunchy apples and, in some cases, emergency swigs of Coca-Cola. — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025

One of the first indelible images Ramsay conjures is of Grace crawling through the grass, wielding a large knife, carelessly batting overgrown weeds, while Jackson swigs from a bottle of beer, baby Harry bouncing next to a grocery store birthday cake. — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025

Burnett leaned into the character’s drinking habit, hiccupping through Miss Hannigan’s swigs from a bottle of bathtub gin. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

For live music, Feidiou 2 is a small rebetadiko, or traditional music cafe, known for its melancholic Greek folk music and meze bites swilled down with sharp swigs of tsipouro, a Greek version of grappa. — Anastasia Miari, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2024