Synonyms for eat one's words
Definitions
- v. 1
To regret or retract what one has said.
This time, you have to eat your words, because, like it or not, you lost.
Example sentences
- retract I have decided to retract my previous statement.
- recant Tom had to recant or face excommunication.
By length
- 6 letters
- recant2
- 7 letters
- retract2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (recant2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- se rétracter
- Italiano
- ritrattare