Standard Lemma guide

consumptive

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kənˈsʌmptɪv/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to consumption.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Examples

  • consumptive cough

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

tending to consume or use often wastefully

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses
  • duties consumptive of time and energy
  • consumptive fires

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: generative

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a consumptive patient
  • a consumptive cough

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a person with pulmonary tuberculosis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lunger, tubercular

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h1em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h1émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Latin cōnsūmptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -ive Middle English consumptive English consumptive From con- + Latin sūmptus + -ive, from Middle English consumptive, from Latin cōnsūmptus, past participle of cōnsūmō.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: изтощителен (iztoštitelen) — having a tendency to consume
  • Catalan: consumptiu — having a tendency to consume
  • Finnish: kuluttava — having a tendency to consume
  • Polish: rujnujący — having a tendency to consume
  • Polish: niszczący — having a tendency to consume
  • Portuguese: consumidor — having a tendency to consume
  • Portuguese: consuntivo — having a tendency to consume
  • Ukrainian: виснажливий (vysnažlyvyj) — having a tendency to consume
  • Ukrainian: руйнівний (rujnivnyj) — having a tendency to consume
  • Catalan: consumidor — of or relating to consumption
  • Finnish: kulutus- — of or relating to consumption
  • German: schwindsüchtig — of or relating to consumption
  • Polish: żywieniowy — of or relating to consumption
  • Portuguese: consumidor — of or relating to consumption
  • Spanish: consumidor — of or relating to consumption
  • Bulgarian: туберкулозен (tuberkulozen) — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Catalan: tísic — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Dutch: tuberculeus — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Finnish: tuberkuloottinen — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • French: tuberculeux — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • French: tuberculeuse — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Ido: tuberklosiko — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Ido: tuberklosika — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Polish: suchotniczy — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Portuguese: tuberculoso — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Portuguese: tísico — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Spanish: tísico — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Turkish: veremli — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Turkish: müteverrim — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Ukrainian: сухотний (suxotnyj) — relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Bulgarian: туберкулозен (tuberkulozen) — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Catalan: tísic — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Dutch: teringlijder — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Finnish: tuberkuloosipotilas — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • French: tuberculeux — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • French: tuberculeuse — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Hungarian: tüdőbajos — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Hungarian: tüdővészes — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Hungarian: hektikás — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Polish: suchotnik — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Polish: suchotniczka — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Portuguese: tuberculoso — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Portuguese: tísico — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Romanian: tuberculos — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Romanian: tuberculoasă — person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Spanish: tísico — person with pulmonary tuberculosis