Synonyms and Antonyms of eat

synonym (synonym of eat)

  • (verb.consumption)
    feed
    take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.emotion)
    eat on
    worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way (verb.emotion)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
    use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.change)
    corrode, rust
    cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid (verb.change)
     

also (also)

  • eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption)
    dine in, eat in
    eat at home (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    dine out, eat out
    eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    eat up, finish, polish off
    finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table (verb.consumption)
     

hypernym (eat IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid (verb.change)
    damage
    inflict damage upon (verb.change)
     
  • eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption)
    consume, have, ingest, take, take in
    serve oneself to, or consume regularly (verb.consumption)
     
  • take in solid food (verb.consumption)
    eat
    eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption)
     
  • use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
    drop, expend, spend
    pay out (verb.possession)
     
  • worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way (verb.emotion)
    vex, worry
    disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress (verb.emotion)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF eat relation)

  • eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption)
    take away, take out
    buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    victual
    take in nourishment (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    dine in, eat in
    eat at home (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    dine out, eat out
    eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    dine
    have supper; eat dinner (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    picnic
    eat alfresco, in the open air (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    eat
    take in solid food (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    break bread
    have a meal, usually with company (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    nosh, snack
    eat a snack; eat lightly (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    mess
    eat in a mess hall (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    lunch
    take the midday meal (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    brunch
    eat a meal in the late morning (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    breakfast
    eat an early morning meal (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    banquet, feast, junket
    partake in a feast or banquet (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff
    overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself (verb.consumption)
     
  • take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption)
    forage
    wander and feed (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    raven
    feed greedily (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    suckle
    suck milk from the mother's breasts (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    browse, crop, graze, pasture, range
    feed as in a meadow or pasture (verb.contact)
     
  • take in solid food (verb.consumption)
    wash down
    eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    fress, gluttonise, gluttonize
    eat a lot and without restraint (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    wolf, wolf down
    eat hastily (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    slurp
    eat noisily (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    fare
    eat well (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    dig in, pitch in
    eat heartily (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    peck, peck at, pick at
    eat like a bird (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    peck, pick up
    eat by pecking at, like a bird (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    bolt, gobble
    eat hastily without proper chewing (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in
    eat a large amount of food quickly (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    nibble, pick, piece
    eat intermittently; take small bites of (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    ruminate
    chew the cuds (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    dip, dunk
    dip into a liquid while eating (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    devour, guttle, pig, raven
    eat greedily (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    eat up, finish, polish off
    finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    consume, devour, down, go through
    eat immoderately (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    fill, fill up
    eat until one is sated (verb.consumption)
     
  • use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
    run out
    exhaust the supply of (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    drain
    deplete of resources (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    indulge, luxuriate
    enjoy to excess (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    burn, burn off, burn up
    use up (energy) (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    spend
    spend completely (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire
    deplete (verb.possession)
     

entail (entailment relations of eat)

  • take in solid food (verb.consumption)
    chew, jaw, manducate, masticate
    chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    get down, swallow
    pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking (verb.consumption)
     

verb group (eat is verb group of ....)

  • cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid (verb.change)
    corrode, rust
    become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid (verb.change)
     
  • eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption)
    eat
    take in solid food (verb.consumption)
     
  • take in solid food (verb.consumption)
    eat, feed
    take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption)
     
  • use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
    occupy, take, use up
    require (time or space) (verb.possession)
     

derivation (.... is derived from eat)

  • cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid (verb.change)
    corroding, corrosion, erosion
    erosion by chemical action (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.process)
    rust, rusting
    the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    rust
    a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture (noun.substance)
     
  • (adj.all)
    caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic
    of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action (adj.all)
     
  • eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption)
    eating, feeding
    the act of consuming food (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    eater, feeder
    someone who consumes food for nourishment (noun.person)
     
  • take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption)
    feed, provender
    food for domestic livestock (noun.food)
     
  • take in solid food (verb.consumption)
    eater
    any green goods that are good to eat (noun.food)
     
  • use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
    depletion
    the act of decreasing something markedly (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    exhaustion
    the act of exhausting something entirely (noun.act)
     
  • (adj.all)
    consumable
    may be used up (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    consumptive
    tending to consume or use often wastefully (adj.all)
     
synonym also hypernym hyponym entail verb group derivation feed eat on consume corrode rust dine in eat in dine out eat up finish polish off damage drop consume have vex run out drain indulge luxuriate burn burn off chew jaw manducate masticate get down swallow corrode rust occupy feed corroding corrosion rust rusting caustic corrosive
Save this image.
eat

Link to this page


Related Words

. feed . eat on . consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out . corrode, rust . dine in, eat in . dine out, eat out . eat up, finish, polish off . damage . consume, have, ingest, take, take in . eat . drop, expend, spend . vex, worry . take away, take out . victual . dine in, eat in . dine out, eat out . dine . picnic . eat . break bread . nosh, snack . mess . lunch . brunch . breakfast . banquet, feast, junket . binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff . forage . raven . suckle . browse, crop, graze, pasture, range . wash down . fress, gluttonise, gluttonize . wolf, wolf down . slurp . fare . dig in, pitch in . peck, peck at, pick at . peck, pick up . bolt, gobble . bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in . nibble, pick, piece . ruminate . dip, dunk . devour, guttle, pig, raven . eat up, finish, polish off . consume, devour, down, go through . fill, fill up . run out . drain . indulge, luxuriate . burn, burn off, burn up . spend . exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire . chew, jaw, manducate, masticate . get down, swallow . corrode, rust . eat . eat, feed . occupy, take, use up . corroding, corrosion, erosion . rust, rusting . rust . caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic . eating, feeding . eater, feeder . feed, provender . eater . depletion . exhaustion . consumable . consumptive


Browse by Prefix
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z