SWALLOWED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

swallowed

verb

Definition of swallowed next

past tense of swallow

as in sipped

to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat try not to swallow the toothpaste

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as in stifled

to refrain from openly showing or uttering swallowed his pride and asked for help

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as in believed

to regard as right or true my little niece swallows everything I tell her

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Recent Examples of swallowed Then Doris and her family are sent off on the train, swallowed whole by the Holocaust. —

Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 Even the celebrity CEOs building our AI future have been swallowed by forces bigger than themselves. —

Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 May 2026 Kayakers on Harbor Island watched as their entire campsite was swallowed by the tide. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026 An anti-road novel in which the road dwindles and is swallowed up by the land and then re-forms, looping back to its starting place. —

Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 Mars, Saturn and the moon will all be less than 20 degrees above the horizon at sunrise, so be sure to find a location with a clear view to the east to see them before they're swallowed in the golden light of dawn. —

Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 May 2026 On The Real Housewives, even legitimate success can get swallowed by the franchise’s larger economy of visibility, where the moment someone joins the cast, their businesses, finances, and lifestyle become fair game for public audit. —

Shelby Stewart, Essence, 12 May 2026 In our community, the individual is meant to be swallowed by the collective. —

Maria Giesbrecht, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026 If swallowed, button cell or coin batteries can cause severe internal chemical burns, serious injuries and death, the agency said. —

Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 May 2026

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Just around the corner from the rally on Tajrish Square, in a tranquil park near the Cinema Museum of Iran, locals perused an open-air book stall and sipped tea, while couples strolled hand in hand.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
One of the biggest surprise observations from that visit was that Yamazaki 12, the flagship single malt from Japan’s oldest malt distillery, wasn’t sipped neat or on the rocks like it is typically enjoyed in Japan.

— John Kell, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026