What are some opposite words for eat?
Antonyms for eat
it; eɪt; esp. Brit. ɛt; ˈit neat
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term eat.
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eatverb
take in solid food
"She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
Synonyms:
rust, eat up, corrode, deplete, use up, run through, feed, consume, wipe out, exhaust, eat oneatverb
eat a meal; take a meal
"We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
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rust, eat up, corrode, deplete, use up, run through, feed, consume, wipe out, exhaust, eat onfeed, eatverb
take in food; used of animals only
"This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
Synonyms:
wipe out, eat on, give, fertilise, rust, eat up, run, feed, exhaust, run through, deplete, consume, prey, feast, corrode, flow, fertilize, course, use up, feed ineat, eat onverb
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
"What's eating you?"
Synonyms:
rust, eat up, corrode, deplete, use up, run through, feed, consume, wipe out, exhaust, eat onconsume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe outverb
use up (resources or materials)
"this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
Synonyms:
exhaust, take in, eat on, eat up, play out, expel, ware, wash up, erase, release, corrode, beat, tire, kill, go through, eliminate, take, have, occupy, waste, finish, use up, swallow, tucker, polish off, decimate, tucker out, rust, feed, ingest, swallow up, obliterate, run through, extinguish, squander, annihilate, wipe out, bury, down, discharge, run down, work through, devour, sweep away, sap, cancel out, eject, immerse, consume, carry off, deplete, eradicatecorrode, eat, rustverb
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
"The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
Synonyms:
eat up, wipe out, deplete, use up, feed, corrode, consume, exhaust, rust, run through, eat on
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Editors Contribution
fast
fasting is primarily an act of willing abstinence or reduction from certain or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time.
periods of not eating are common in several religions and cultures.
Submitted by JP03 on October 7, 2015drink
antonym as a verb ...noting antonym as a noun is food
i will drink the hot dog after i eat the can of soda pop
Submitted by nellietang8 on September 6, 2022
How to use eat in a sentence?
So making sure that the foods you eat are cooked properly, your vegetables are washed -- that would help you prevent infection.
I want to eat you up and you're never going anywhere.
I can't sleep. I can't eat. I can't work. I've been living in constant fear.
The roll-out of new subscription-based services by Apple paves the way for the introduction of new business models akin to the all-you-can-eat bundles like Amazon Prime, in the future we might even see users pay for a service bundle and receive a new iPhone every year.
Watermelon - it's a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face.
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