Words Like CONSUMPTION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to CONSUMPTION.

23 Alternative Words Similar to consumption

1 Ingestion Noun      Synonym Words Like Ingestion
2 Intake Noun      Synonym Words Like Intake
3 Uptake Noun      Synonym Words Like Uptake
4 Phthisis Noun      Synonym Words Like Phthisis
5 Usance Noun      Synonym Words Like Usance
6 Use Noun      Synonym Words Like Use
7 Expenditure Noun      Synonym Words Like Expenditure
8 Activity Noun      Synonym Words Like Activity
9 Demand Noun      Synonym Words Like Demand
10 Depletion Noun      Synonym Words Like Depletion
11 Tuberculosis Noun      Synonym Words Like Tuberculosis
12 Decay Noun      Synonym Words Like Decay
13 Destruction Noun      Synonym Words Like Destruction
14 Waste Noun      Synonym Words Like Waste
15 Loss Noun      Synonym Words Like Loss
16 Burnup Noun      Hyponym Words Like Burnup
17 Imbibition Noun      Hyponym Words Like Imbibition
18 Drinking Noun      Hyponym Words Like Drinking
19 Drink Noun      Hyponym Words Like Drink
20 Deglutition Noun      Hyponym Words Like Deglutition
21 Suck Noun      Hyponym Words Like Suck
22 Swallow Noun      Hyponym Words Like Swallow
23 Imbibing Noun      Hyponym Words Like Imbibing

10 definitions of consumption

1 The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
2 The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
3 A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.
4 (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
5 the act of consuming something
6 the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
7 involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
8 The act or process of consuming.
9 The state of being consumed.
10 An amount consumed.
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