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Synonyms for eat

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

consume have chew swallow use up use gnaw wear away

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Consume — to ingest. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and…

consume, have, chew, swallow, gulp

2. Use up

use up, use, wipe out, expend, deplete, exhaust

3. Gnaw — to cause (someone) to worry

gnaw, worry, bother, disturb, fret dated

4. Wear away

wear away, corrode, rust, erode

Other

feed, dine, feast, chow down informal, feed one's face informal, absorb, devour slang, rock slang, slap slang, bang slang

Noun

taste, run-through, relish dated

Antonyms

starve, fast, abstain

All antonyms of eat →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To ingest. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.

    Don't disturb me now. Can't you see that I'm eating?

  2. v. 2

    To cause (someone) to worry.

  3. v. 3

    To ingest. To consume a meal.

    What time do we eat this evening?

  4. n. 1

    Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

Related words

Phrases
eat up eat away eat a dick eat one's words eat pussy eat shit eat ass eat into
Is a kind of
ingest

Forms

Plural
eats → tastes, run-throughs, relishes…
Past participle
eaten
e.g. eaten → consumed, chewed, swallowed, gulped…

Example sentences

  • consume Giraffes consume copious amounts of acacia leaves.
  • swallow Mary wanted the ground to open up and swallow her.
  • chew My dentist recommended that I chew sugar-free gum.
  • gulp Again he drank, emptying the cup at one deep gulp.
  • use The mayor appropriated city money for his own use.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
eatrising
consumerising
swallowrising
chewrising
gulprising
usesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
use1
4 letters
have1, rock1, feed1, bang1, slap1, chew1, rust1, dine1, fret1, gulp1, gnaw1
5 letters
worry2, taste1, feast1, erode2
6 letters
bother2, absorb2, relish2, devour3, expend2
7 letters
consume2, swallow2, exhaust2, disturb2, deplete2, corrode2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).

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