Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

CONSUME

save

The most appropriate antonym of the word consume is save.

• Consume means "to use up (something) by eating, drinking, or using it up."
• Save means "to keep or put something aside for future use."

The other words do not have the opposite meaning of consume.

• Devour means "to eat something hungrily and quickly."
• Absorb means "to take in or soak up (something) by or as if by the skin or by chemical action."
• Exhaust means "to use up all of (something) or to make (someone) very tired."