GORGER Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

gorger

noun

as in pig

one who eats greedily or too much a shark that is such a gorger it can't move after devouring a meal

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Speaking of the players, the two Irish twin sisters emerged as standouts at the end of the season with their hilarious telepathy pig bit in episode 9 and their touching performance at Mae’s memorial in the finale.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
But she was treated with heparin, an anticoagulant derived from intestinal tissue of pigs.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of pig

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But raising hogs was physically demanding work and became less profitable for the family over time, Faaborg said.

— Rachel Cramer, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026
In the public imagination, Housewives with a capital H are fame-hungry attention hogs who would rather throw the $400 bottle of Château Brane-Cantenac Margaux that’s sitting in front of us than sip it, as Cosby is hesitantly doing now.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

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