Synonyms for eating
ˈi tɪŋeat·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 22 votes

1. eating, feedingnoun

   the act of consuming food

   Synonyms:
   alimentation, feeding

Matched Categories

1. • Consumption

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1. ijeomaadjective

   prodigy; very smart

   a great prodigy named melody answered all of the math questions correctly

   Submitted by itzhays on October 19, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. eatingadjective

   Synonyms:
   corrosive, erosive, corroding, caustic, catheretic

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1. eatingnoun

   Synonyms:
   feeding, repast, (excess in eating) gluttony, gormandism, bolting, gulping, superalimentation, browsing

   Associated words:
   aristology, gastronomy, gastronome, gastronomer, epicure, epicurism, diet, dietetics, dietary, commensal, dietarian, gastronomic, gourmet, gormand, cormorant, glutton, omnivorous, appetite, hunger, hungry, gustatory, pantophagist, pantophagous, pantophagy

2. eatingnoun

   Synonyms:
   corrosion, erosion, fretting, canker

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1. List of paraphrases for "eating":

   eat, food, diet, comer, dietary, catering, nutrition, feeding, eten, consumption, restaurants, 'alimentation, feed, meal, meals, consuming, devouring, dining, nutritional

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1. Jessica Bartfield:

   A lot of our overweight patients aren’t necessarily overeating, but their eating patterns have become so erratic—they have a cup of coffee in the morning and then no real food until late afternoon, they key is to avoid that and keep a consistent schedule, whether that’s three meals a day and a couple of snacks, or five mini meals.

2. Vaile Wright:

   You can say things like' I'm worried about you,' and ask if they're eating, sleeping and taking care of themselves.

3. E. B. White:

   You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.

4. Melinda Wilkins:

   A lot of times, food adulteration issues are not a food safety concern necessarily, but still it's disturbing to think that you might be eating something that you're not aware of, so I think companies will want to be very careful about how they label, and they may want to be doing more testing of their suppliers.

5. Amanda Orso:

   I left [the bread] out on my stovetop and my 100 percent Italian husband came home and ate half the loaf, so I thought it must be good if my Italian husband is eating this bread.