Thesaurus:drink

Thesaurus

drink

English

Verb

Sense: to consume a liquid (by mouth)

Synonyms

• drink
• hydrate
• imbibe
• wet one's whistle
• wet one's beak

Hyponyms

drink quickly

• chug
• chugalug
• down
• drink off
• gulp
• gulp down
• guzzle
• knock back
• pound
• put away
• quaff
• scull
• skol
• slam
• slug
• swig
• swill
• swizzle

drink slowly

• nurse
• sip

other

• absorb
• lap
• slurp
• suck

Hypernyms

• ingest    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:beverage
• Thesaurus:eat
• Thesaurus:drinkable
• Thesaurus:drinkware
• Thesaurus:mouthful

Further reading

• “298. food” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “drink” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.