consumption

/kənsˈʌmpʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
   “the consumption of energy has increased steadily”
4. the act of consuming something

Synonyms for consumption

• ingestion
• intake
• uptake
• pulmonary tuberculosis
• phthisis
• wasting disease
• white plague
• economic consumption
• usance
• use
• use of goods and services
• using up
• expenditure

Words that rhyme with consumption

• assumption
• presumption
• gumption
• resumption
• overconsumption