Synonyms of gorges

gorges 1 of 2

noun

plural of gorge

as in ravines

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

walked the bridge over the gorge, marveling at the spectacular drop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ravines
• canyons
• valleys
• gaps
• gulches
• saddles
• defiles
• passes
• couloirs
• cols
• abysses
• flumes
• crevices
• notches
• kloofs
• linns
• gulfs
• chasms
• fissures
• glens
• gills
• crevasses
• cirques
• trenches
• cañons
• clefts
• basins
• vales
• hollows
• dales
• gulleys
• gullies
• dells
• combes
• gutters
• coombs
• coulees
• arroyos
• kettles
• floodplains
• coombes
• wadis
• troughs
• barrancas
• nullahs
• washes
• cwms
• draws
• barrancos
• shut-ins

gorges

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of gorge

1

as in stuffs

to fill with food to capacity

we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stuffs
• gluts
• surfeits
• feasts
• fills
• sates
• crams
• gobbles
• gulps
• cloys
• guzzles
• pigs out
• regales
• banquets
• gormandizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diets
• fasts

2

as in feasts

to eat greedily or to excess

the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• feasts
• overeats
• swills
• devours
• pigs out
• gluts
• gormandizes
• stuffs
• loads up on
• gulps
• wolfs
• surfeits
• banquets
• sates
• regales
• guzzles
• crams
• bolts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tastes
• picks
• pecks
• nibbles

3

as in devours

to swallow or eat greedily

the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devours
• inhales
• gulps
• gobbles
• crams
• scoffs
• slops
• scarfs
• ravens
• gluts
• wolfs
• gormandizes
• bolts
• ingurgitates
• overeats
• swills
• pigs out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• picks
• pecks
• nibbles