drink in

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DRINK

to receive or accept gladly or readily <the studio audience for the infomercial seemed to drink in—a little too readily—every word of the host's spiel>

Synonyms drink (in), eat (up), embrace, lap (up)

Related Words adopt, espouse, take up; greet, hail; enjoy, like, prefer; cherry-pick, choose, cull, decide (on), elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, select, single (out), take

Near Antonyms balk (at), decline, pass up, refuse, reject, spurn, throw over, turn down; demur (to), object (to)

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