SWILLS Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of swill

as in sips

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time took his daily swill of the foul-tasting medicine

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verb

present tense third-person singular of swill

as in gorges

to eat greedily or to excess they can spend hours at the pub, drinking, chatting, and swilling

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as in gulps

to swallow in liquid form they gathered in the break room each morning to swill coffee together before the morning meeting

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Noun

The hotel’s second-floor reception area has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the beach, a pool table that is perpetually in play, and couches for gathering over morning coffee and evening sips.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
Tasting wristbands are required for Taste of Los Gatos bites and sips.

— Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Sang-woo, who’d previously refused to drink soju with Ho-seok and Mi-ok, gulps down a fifteen-hundred-dollar bottle of Gaja Chardonnay.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The customer gulps it down in a single stretch and drops it into a bin – visible proof of his relief, at least for this moment, from the sweltering heat.

— Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026

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Hotels in the area get in on the fun, too, like the Kennebunkport Inn, which places guests in the center of Dock Square and offers Prelude Tents featuring drinks and DJs.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
The upshot of this is that George, who works the room in a sharp gray suit, a few tattoos peeking out, has plenty of opportunities to charismatically make things right, shaking hands and clasping shoulders and sending over lull-filling drinks.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Jordan Clarkson, New York Clarkson rebirthed his career in New York as a role-playing bench wing who feasts on offensive boards (no, really) and plays more defense than the Utah version.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Well, Sydney feasts a little bit at the end.

— Claire Messud, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026

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