SWILL Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of swill

as in sip

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time took his daily swill of the foul-tasting medicine

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as in goo

a thick semiliquid substance (as food) that is unattractive I don't know what's in this swill, but I know that I'm not eating it

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swill

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verb

ˈswil

as in to gorge

to eat greedily or to excess they can spend hours at the pub, drinking, chatting, and swilling

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as in to drink

to swallow in liquid form they gathered in the break room each morning to swill coffee together before the morning meeting

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Recent Examples of swill

Noun

The post-race electrolyte swill tastes like champagne. — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Feb. 2026 Lots of mud, mixed with blood and guts, because what’s Westeros if not a queasy swill of muck and bodily fluids? — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026

Verb

People who would never be caught dead swilling neon fizz from a camouflage can were suddenly consuming a drink that was materially the same, but was being sold by exploiting a different set of unattainable aspirations, using a different vocabulary. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026 Vicky Dawson is loopy and judgmental as Becca’s wine-swilling mom Nat. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for swill

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swill

Noun

While taking another sip from her custom, off-menu ginger tea.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
In addition to the superior snacks and sips, guests can bid on and win prizes and participate in raffles, with proceeds supporting The Kitchen House’s mission.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of sip

Noun

What’s left is a bunch of goo — technically termed cytoplasm — and all the things suspended in it that are there to help the egg, once fertilized, successfully divide and begin developing into an embryo.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
Hane Style Beef Gyoza Reheat these gyoza in a pan with water, which turns into a cornstarch goo, which reduces into a lacy skirt.

— Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of goo

Verb

Food and drink There are 12 restaurants and bars within the resort's grounds, ranging from the Lakeview Bar near the lobby to a Persian restaurant and the glamorous Oak Grill Restaurant by the Hollywood Pool.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
As holiday season approaches, the TIME team has pulled out a selection of 10 best food and drink items from the list that would make a perfect gift for the food connoisseurs and cooking enthusiasts in your life.

— TIME Staff, Time, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of drink

Noun

As Dua Lipa blasted from the speakers inside, a man on a smoke break out on the street took big gulps of a pint of lager and stared down at his phone.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
Atkinson’s gift for galloping plot, as well as her typical attention to even the most tertiary character, make this a delicious gulp of a read.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of gulp

Noun

Human inventiveness turned that glop into an energy resource that has vastly enriched the world.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026
Trump’s taste is the stuff of legend, a sort of grotesque of the conventional, with his gold baroque glop and fake tans and bright-red neckties—everything gesturing toward high-end elegance but always wrong somehow, always slightly too much.

— Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of glop

Verb

When the game was over, the Lakers had been feasted on by the Warriors, falling 112-95 game at Chase Center.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
Galland embellished his ghouls with new characteristics not found in the original Arabic, chiefly the macabre practice of digging up graves to feast on human flesh.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of feast

Noun

Instagram is being flooded with slop in a very particular way.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026
Billionaires cajole us left and right to surrender our cognitive function for the sake of convenience; AI slop operas serve up easy dopamine; sycophantic chatbots swaddle us in cocoons of false certainty.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of slop

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