Synonyms for eat up

Most common

use · use up · eat · consume · swallow · swallow up · burn through

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To consume completely.

   Dinner is served. Eat up!

2. v. 2

   To cause (someone) to obsess; to figuratively consume (someone).

   His anger has been eating him up.

3. v. 3

   To subtract, use up.

   His behavior has eaten up all the goodwill we felt towards him.

Example sentences

• use The mayor appropriated city money for his own use.
• eat Generally speaking, Westerners don't eat fish raw.
• consume Giraffes consume copious amounts of acacia leaves.
• swallow Mary wanted the ground to open up and swallow her.

By length

3 letters

use¹, eat¹

4 letters

bury²

6 letters

finish², expend²

7 letters

consume², swallow², exhaust², immerse², deplete²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bury² = 2 syllables).