Eat Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Eat
To snack (on)
To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
The definition of chew means to use teeth to bite, cut through and grind into smaller pieces, or is slang meaning to reprimand someone.
To move the muscles of the throat as in swallowing something; specif., to do so under stress of emotion
Gobble is defined as to make the noise of a male turkey, or to eat up quickly.
To eat or devour like a glutton
To eat a snack or snacks
To appreciate, enjoy or relish something
To show little interest in food by taking only small bites intermittently
enjoy a meal
To take as food
To eat (a snack)
To trouble emotionally or mentally; upset:
To give breakfast to
To start suddenly and run away, as a horse
stuff-one-s-face
(Idiomatic, informal) To eat excessively.
chow-down
(Idiomatic) To eat, especially to eat vigorously.
wolf-down
(Idiomatic) To consume (food) quickly and without regard for table manners.
eat-like-a-bird
(Colloquial, simile) To eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.
put on the feed bag
To take as food
feed-one-s-face
(Idiomatic) To eat.
To entertain at a feast or banquet
To dig, probe, or scratch at with the fingers or with something pointed in an attempt to remove
To honor at or partake of a banquet.
To batten is to grow fat by eating continuously.
To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate:
To eat to excess, especially when habitual.
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tuck away
To take as food
(Christianity) To take part in Holy Communion.
To bring heavy destruction on; devastate:
Dine is defined as to eat, or entertain people at dinner.
To take as food
To gorge is defined as to consume or take too much of something, especially food.
stuff oneself
To take as food
do justice to
To take as food
do oneself proud
To take as food
To get rid of.
(Idiomatic) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
Digest is defined as breaking down into parts that are easier to use or understand, or to condense information to make it easier to understand.
To read something superficially by selecting passages at random:
The definition of fare is to go through an experience or have a result.
To choke back as if swallowing; repress (a sob, etc.)
To possess by way of experience; experience; undergo
To take (food, drugs, etc.) into the body, as by swallowing, inhaling, or absorbing
To put to test.
Alternative spelling of pig out.
To dissolve is defined as to become broken up or absorbed by something or to disappear into something else.
To serve as food for:
have a meal
To take as food
To attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.
To eat up (food); finish off (a dish or meal).
To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
To take as food
entertain the inner man
To take as food
ply a good knife and fork
To take as food
Flesh-eating or predatory:
A philosophy advanced by Epicurus that considered happiness, or the avoidance of pain and emotional disturbance, to be the highest good and that advocated the pursuit of pleasures that can be enjoyed in moderation.
eat-out
To take as food
dine-out
(Intransitive) To have dinner outside one's house.
feast on
To take as food
fatten on
To take as food
To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
To speak with another or others about something:
partake of
To take as food
To absorb or comprehend.
To take as food
feed the inner man
To take as food
To work upon insidiously and cause to deteriorate
To produce by gnawing:
rust away
To reduce gradually
Fit to be eaten; edible
That can be eaten without harm; innocuous to humans; suitable for consumption.
ingestive
Of or pertaining to ingestion
Eager for gratification or extremely desirous:
To become or cause to be coated with rust, as iron
have a bite
To take as food
(Informal) To consume rapidly or eagerly; devour:
To erode gradually and progressively
To eat into; corrode:
To spend much time and energy on indulgence in pleasure, esp. drinking, gambling, etc., to the point of harming oneself
To wander at random; to scatter.
To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
To reduce gradually
To keep bringing up, going over, or returning to (a matter difficult to solve)
Nourishing
Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.]
Characterized by merry celebrating; festive:
Exhibiting or relating to crapulence.
edibility
Suitability for use as food
(Dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.
ingurgitation
The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
manducation
The act of eating.
To put to death; kill:
To furnish with frets
(Rare) To chew; masticate
To take as food
To draw out in its entirety, or use up, money or a nonrenewable resource such as oil.
The definition of melt is to turn from a solid to liquid as a result of exposure to heat.
To use up or spend without real need, gain, or purpose; squander
putter away
To reduce gradually
Suited to the tastes of an epicure:
Feeding on plants; plant-eating.
ingestible
Capable of being ingested.
The definition of intemperate is excessive and not mild, or indulging in alcohol to an extreme level.
The definition of omnivorous is feeding on both plants and meat or taking anything available.
Food, comestibles
A style of cooking, as of a particular region.
Absorb is defined as to take in something and make it part of a larger unit.
To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies:
To eat dinner (see above).
To have or show a trace (of); have some of the qualities (of)
Also used with up: consume
To do away with completely and destructively.
Suitable for eating; edible.
The habit or act of eating too much
eat on
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
lick the plate
To take as food
(Chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.
Antonyms for Eat
(--- Informal) To be ravenously hungry
Famish is defined as to make or be hungry, starving or weak.
Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth, usually as a result of involuntary muscle contractions.
To build is defined as to construct, create, establish or put together.
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
To cause (a tone, chord, etc.) to increase in loudness
To keep oneself from doing, engaging in, or partaking of something; refrain:
To regulate or prescribe food and drink for.
To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect.
To keep in existence; sustain:
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