Synonyms for consumption
kənˈsʌmp ʃəncon·sump·tion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 6 votes

1. consumption

   Synonyms:
   decline, decay, expenditure, waste, decrement, lessening, decrease

   Antonyms:
   growth, development, enlargement, augmentation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.2 / 7 votes

1. consumption, ingestion, intake, uptakenoun

   the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

   Synonyms:
   phthisis, use, expenditure, use of goods and services, uptake, inhalation, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, breathing in, aspiration, economic consumption, ingestion, inlet, intake, usance, inspiration, white plague

2. pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plaguenoun

   involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

   Synonyms:
   phthisis, use, uptake, usance, white plague, expenditure, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, drug addiction, using up, intake, ingestion, economic consumption, use of goods and services

3. consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and servicesnoun

   (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

   "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

   Synonyms:
   phthisis, usage, use, custom, habit, expenditure, use of goods and services, uptake, ingestion, exercise, role, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, utilization, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, intake, usance, enjoyment, function, purpose, white plague, utilisation

4. consumption, using up, expenditurenoun

   the act of consuming something

   Synonyms:
   spending, phthisis, use, expenditure, outgo, uptake, ingestion, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, economic consumption, expending, intake, outlay, usance, white plague, use of goods and services

Matched Categories

1. • Demand
   • Depletion
   • Economics
   • Tuberculosis

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. consumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   extinction, destruction, waste, expenditure

2. consumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   phthisis, marasmus, atrophy, decline, tabes, gradual wasting, progressive emaciation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. consumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   phthisis, consuming

2. consumptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   tuberculosis

   Associated words:
   tubercular, tubercle, tuberculin, hectic, consumptive, pectoral

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1. List of paraphrases for "consumption":

   consumer, consuming, exertion, use, consumo, consommation, intake, drinking, eating, usage, consumerism, spending, consume, depreciation, abuse, pull, consumed, uptake

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. consumption

   Synonyms:
   Tuberculosis
   

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1. Shinichiro Kadota:

   U.S. data related to housing and private consumption, which are swayed by winter conditions, bear watching.

2. Claudia Stein:

   We still have -- and this is a very unfortunate record -- very high rates of alcohol consumption, we are basically the world champions in drinking.

3. Francois Momboisse:

   Black Friday is one of the top sales days of the year and it allows us to smooth out Christmas shopping over a longer period rather than compressing all those sales in the Dec. 10 to 24 period. It does not necessarily lead to more consumption.

4. Yang Fuqiang:

   Based on my experience the government plans are conservative, there could be a higher 18 percent cut in energy intensity, and that means energy consumption could be kept at about 4.8 billion tonnes.

5. Adrian Daniel:

   We see investment opportunities at transport companies ... at airlines and operators of cruise liners, where oil consumption is a significant cost driver.