Synonyms for eat
it; eɪt; esp. Brit. ɛt; ˈit n

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. eat(verb)

   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 on

2. eat(verb)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   rust, eat up, corrode, deplete, use up, run through, feed, consume, wipe out, exhaust, eat on

3. feed, eat(verb)

   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 in

4. eat, eat on(verb)

   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 on

5. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out(verb)

   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, eradicate

6. corrode, eat, rust(verb)

   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

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. eat(verb)

   Synonyms:
   worry, bother, disturb

2. eat(verb)

   Synonyms:
   supper, breakfast, lunch, tea, dine, dinner, chow down

3. eat(verb)

   To consume money or (other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment.

   Synonyms:
   swallow, consume

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. eat(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   chew and swallow

2. eat(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   corrode, consume, wear away

3. eat(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   feed, take food

4. eat(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   act corrosively

5. eat(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] taste, relish

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. eat(v)

   Synonyms:
   feed, devour, bolt, gulp, gorge

   Antonyms:
   abstain, fast, diet, starve, famish

2. eat(v)

   Synonyms:
   consume, corrode, erode, fret

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "eat":

   eating, comer, essen, eaten, consume, eatingthe, lunch, feed, coma, devour, swallow, comma, aet, eatin, eats., food, dinner, sheronda, grub, grab

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1. Walter Willett:

   If someone replaces eggs with doughnuts, other refined starches and sugar or saturated fats, I'd rather they eat eggs, but for someone who really wants to be in optimal health. putting the emphasis on plant-based protein sources like steel-cut oatmeal and nuts would be a better way to go.

2. Mickey Mehta:

   Today life is going through unstable paces, animals slaved in cages and food exhibited in show-cases. We eat thrash, our language is brash, life is a dash and humanity is about to crash. Black is cash, party is a bash and cleansing is just a splash. Wake up, come back to nature or else a human being will just be reduced to a caricature . Let your life be naturalized, get MickeyMized.

3. Eddie Jackson:

   It’s like the military. When you’re forced to have your clothes folded a certain way, even when you leave, you still fold your clothes that way. I left the game, but I still find myself being conscious of what I eat.

4. Hermione Gingold, from a press report, 1973:

   A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.

5. Joseph Palma:

   That's the only way I can eat. It's cheaper, is almost half the price, sometimes more than that, i keep it for the longest I can keep it so I can wait for my next check for the food stamps.

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