CONSUMED Synonyms: 184 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in drained

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consumed

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verb

past tense of consume

as in devoured

to destroy all trace of massive fires had consumed hundreds of square miles of forest

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as in spent

to make complete use of the mining company consumed all of the local mineral resources and then moved on

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as in ate

to take in as food hungry enough to consume most of the pie

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Adjective

Kennedy’s new pyramid places meat, dairy, fruit, and vegetables at the top (most consumed), and tapers down through fruits and vegetables to whole grains. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026 In Stoddart’s estimation, the best way to freeze these semi-consumed cakes is in slices. — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2025

Verb

Only later did doctors realize that the genetic material had probably come from a mushroom that the patient had consumed, and not from a pathogen. — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026 Moisture is the biggest concern because damp tea bags can develop mold and should not be consumed. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 25 Aug. 2026 The Hawk Fire has consumed more than 15,000 acres, about 23 square miles, northwest of downtown Reno, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 In an era when public life can sometimes seem consumed by short-term politics, Joe represented something enduring — experience, loyalty, hard work and institutional responsibility. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2026 Their frustrations with conventional life had already been building, particularly the feeling that work consumed their time while daycare could take away precious years with their daughter. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 23 Aug. 2026 There are 750 million or so 8-ounce servings of one product or another from the Coca-Cola Company consumed every day around the world. — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026 This one may seem like every gummy in the bag was consumed, but Saquon Barkley possesses significant boom/bust appeal. — Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Although most of the drugs are consumed in Bangladesh, some packages are flown on to Oman, Saudi Arabia and Dubai. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumed

Adjective

Feeling mentally drained or physically exhausted is something everyone experiences from time to time.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Tahoe officials have been vigilant, ensuring all boats are cleaned, drained and dry before launching into Lake Tahoe.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026

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Only weeks ago, the most destructive wildfire in Spanish history devoured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in central Spain.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Only weeks ago, the most destructive wildfire in Spanish history devoured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Ávila, in central Spain.

— Suman Naishadham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of devoured

Verb

While they’ve been spotted enjoying glitzy dinners and events in historic villas with friends in Saint-Tropez and Capri, really, the Clooneys have spent most of the summer at their home on Lake Como.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of spent

Adjective

By the twentieth century, intensive farming practices had left the South dangerously vulnerable to erosion, producing depleted swaths of land where kudzu would later flourish.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026
Being so depleted defensively led Liverpool to sign Uruguay international Ronald Araujo on a season-long loan from Barcelona earlier this month.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of depleted

Verb

Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Authorities in Napa County have charged a man for allegedly setting the 2025 Pickett Fire near Calistoga, which burned thousands of acres of Wine Country and ruined grape harvests because of the smoke.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of ruined

Verb

Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to be depleted in 2032, with the combined retirement and disability trust funds exhausted by around 2033 or 2034.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
The result was a landscape repeatedly cleared and exhausted for cotton and other cash crops.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Adjective

Inadequate planting holes or wrong-sized containers cause plants to wilt and may result in damaged foliage and reduced flowering.

— Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
Summary Several investor rights firms are threatening class actions against into Suja Life after its stock plummeted following disappointing Q2 earnings and reduced guidance, attributed to grocery channel weakness.

— Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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