consumption: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 17 letter points · starts with C · ends with N
Meaning of consumption
noun
- uncountable, usually
The act of eating, drinking or using.
Example: The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
- uncountable, usually
The amount consumed.
Example: gross national consumption
- uncountable, usually
The act of consuming or destroying.
Example: The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
- uncountable, usually
The wasting away of the human body through disease.
Listed forms: consumptions.
Source: Wiktionary — consumption.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for consumption.
noun
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
noun
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- phthisis
- wasting disease
- white plague
noun
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
noun
the act of consuming something
- using up
- expenditure
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is consumption in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of consumption
C(3) + O(1) + N(1) + S(1) + U(1) + M(3) + P(3) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 17 points.
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Anagrams of consumption
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from consumption
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