eat

The word “eat” has 1 syllable: eat

It's pronounced as /iːt/


What is synonym and antonym for eat?

In the thesaurus, “eat” has 181 synonyms and 43 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for eat along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for eat

  • absorb
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • antagonize
  • attack
  • badger
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • banquet
  • bite
  • board
  • bolt
  • bother
  • break bread
  • break down
  • break up
  • breakfast
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • chafe
  • chew
  • chow down
  • condense
  • consume
  • corrode
  • cram
  • crumble
  • decay
  • decimate
  • decompose
  • destroy
  • devastate
  • devil
  • devour
  • dig in
  • digest
  • dine
  • dine out
  • disappear
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disintegrate
  • dispatch
  • dispose of
  • disquiet
  • dissipate
  • dissolve
  • distress
  • down
  • drain
  • enflame
  • enrage
  • erode
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • exhaust
  • fall to
  • fare
  • feast
  • feast upon
  • feed
  • fret
  • frost
  • gall
  • get
  • get to
  • glut
  • gnaw
  • gobble up
  • gorge
  • gormandize
  • grate
  • graze
  • gripe
  • gulp
  • gum
  • hagride
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • have a bite
  • have a meal
  • have for
  • heckle
  • incense
  • inflame
  • infuriate
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insult
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • lap
  • lick
  • liquefy
  • lunch
  • madden
  • make pig of oneself
  • masticate
  • melt
  • mess
  • miff
  • munch
  • nag
  • nark
  • nettle
  • nibble
  • nosh
  • nurse
  • offend
  • outrage
  • overeat
  • overfeed
  • partake
  • partake of
  • peck at
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pick
  • picnic
  • pig out
  • pique
  • plague
  • polish off
  • pork out
  • provoke
  • put away
  • put down
  • put out
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • refresh
  • regale
  • relish
  • repast
  • rile
  • roil
  • rot
  • rouse
  • rub the wrong way
  • ruffle
  • ruin
  • ruminate
  • run through
  • rust
  • savor
  • savour
  • scarf
  • scoff
  • slop
  • snack
  • spill
  • spite
  • squander
  • sup
  • swallow
  • swill
  • take food
  • take in
  • take nourishment
  • taste
  • tease
  • undo
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vanish
  • vex
  • victual
  • waste
  • waste away
  • wear on
  • wolf
  • worry
  • wreck

Antonyms for eat

  • abstain
  • appease
  • assure
  • build
  • cheer
  • comfort
  • conciliate
  • console
  • content
  • delight
  • develop
  • diet
  • fast
  • flourish
  • freshen
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • grow
  • hoard
  • maintain
  • mollify
  • oblige
  • pacify
  • placate
  • please
  • preserve
  • propitiate
  • put together
  • quiet
  • reassure
  • recreate
  • refresh
  • refreshen
  • regenerate
  • rejuvenate
  • renew
  • restore
  • revitalize
  • revive
  • satisfy
  • solace
  • solidify
  • soothe

Meanings of eat

  • noun
    1. Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.
  • verb
    1. To ingest; to be ingested.
    2. To use up.
    3. To cause (someone) to worry.
    4. To take the loss in a transaction.
    5. To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
    6. To corrode or erode.
    7. To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).

Example Sentences

  • He decided to eat a healthy salad for lunch.
  • The family gathered around the table to eat dinner together.
  • It's important to eat a balanced diet for overall well-being.
  • They plan to eat at the new restaurant tonight.
  • In some cultures, it is customary to eat with your hands.

On this page you'll find 224 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to eat, such as: absorb, abstain, affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy.

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Related Words

gall

  • abrade
  • acrimony
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • alienation
  • anger
  • animosity
  • animus
  • annoy
  • antagonism
  • antagonize
  • antipathy
  • arrogance
  • assurance
  • audaciousness
  • audacity
  • back talk
  • bad blood
  • badger
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • bark
  • bedevil
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • blood feud
  • bother
  • brashness
  • brass
  • brassiness
  • brazenness
  • break down
  • break up
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • burn
  • chafe
  • cheek
  • cheekiness
  • chew
  • chide
  • chutzpa
  • chutzpah
  • cockiness
  • conceit
  • confidence
  • conflict
  • coolness
  • corrade
  • corrode
  • crust
  • crust cynicism
  • decompose
  • devil
  • disaffection
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • discord
  • discourteousness
  • disintegrate
  • disquiet
  • disrespect
  • dissolve
  • distress
  • disturb
  • eat
  • effrontery
  • enflame
  • enmity
  • enrage
  • erase
  • erode
  • estrangement
  • exasperate
  • excoriate
  • exercise
  • face
  • feud
  • file
  • flay
  • fray
  • frazzle
  • fret
  • friction
  • frost
  • get
  • get to
  • gnaw
  • grate
  • graze
  • grind
  • gripe
  • grudge
  • guts
  • hagride
  • harass
  • hardihood
  • harry
  • hassle
  • hate
  • hatred
  • haughtiness
  • heckle
  • hone
  • hostility
  • hutzpa
  • hutzpah
  • impertinence
  • impoliteness
  • impudence
  • incense
  • incivility
  • inconsiderateness
  • inconsideration
  • inflame
  • infuriate
  • inhospitableness
  • insolence
  • insult
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • jaundice
  • loathing
  • madden
  • malevolence
  • malice
  • malignancy
  • malignity
  • miff
  • nag
  • nark
  • nerve
  • nerviness
  • nettle
  • nibble
  • offend
  • outrage
  • overbearance
  • overconfidence
  • peel
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • pertness
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pique
  • plague
  • pomposity
  • presumption
  • presumptuousness
  • provoke
  • put out
  • rancor
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • reduce
  • rile
  • roil
  • rouse
  • rub
  • rub out
  • rub the wrong way
  • rudeness
  • ruffle
  • sandblast
  • sandpaper
  • sanguinity
  • sass
  • sauce
  • sauciness
  • score
  • scour
  • scrape
  • scratch
  • scuff
  • self-assurance
  • self-confidence
  • self-importance
  • sharpen
  • shave
  • skin
  • spite
  • spitefulness
  • strain
  • swagger
  • swash
  • tease
  • temerity
  • tension
  • torment
  • trouble
  • undo
  • unfriendliness
  • ungraciousness
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vendetta
  • venom
  • vex
  • vindictiveness
  • virulence
  • vitriol
  • wear
  • wear on
  • wear out
  • whet
  • worry

nag

nark

  • Benedict Arnold
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • accuser
  • adviser
  • affront
  • agent
  • agent provocateur
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • allurement
  • analyst
  • anger
  • announcer
  • annoy
  • antagonize
  • attraction
  • backstabber
  • badger
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • beard
  • betrayer
  • bigmouth
  • bird dog
  • blab
  • blabber
  • blabbermouth
  • blind
  • bloodhound
  • booster
  • bother
  • bug
  • bull
  • bullyrag
  • busybody
  • camouflage
  • canary
  • catch
  • chafe
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • collaborator
  • come-on
  • constable
  • cop
  • crier
  • deceiver
  • deception
  • decoy
  • deep throat
  • devil
  • dick
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • double-crosser
  • drawing card
  • eat
  • eavesdropper
  • enflame
  • enrage
  • ensnarement
  • enticement
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • eye
  • facade
  • fake
  • fat mouth
  • fed
  • finger
  • fink
  • flatfoot
  • fork tongue
  • fret
  • front
  • frost
  • gall
  • gasser
  • get
  • get to
  • gossip
  • gossiper
  • grate
  • gripe
  • gumshoe
  • hagride
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • heckle
  • herald
  • imitation
  • incense
  • inducement
  • inflame
  • informant
  • informer
  • infuriate
  • insult
  • interviewer
  • inveiglement
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • journalist
  • leaker
  • lure
  • madden
  • messenger
  • miff
  • nag
  • narc
  • nettle
  • newsman
  • notifier
  • offend
  • outrage
  • peacher
  • peeper
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pique
  • plague
  • plainclothes officer
  • plant
  • police informer
  • police officer
  • polly
  • preacher
  • pretense
  • private eye
  • private investigator
  • propagandist
  • prosecutor
  • provoke
  • put out
  • quidnunc
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • rat
  • rat fink
  • ratfink
  • reporter
  • rile
  • roil
  • roper
  • rouse
  • rub the wrong way
  • ruffle
  • rumormonger
  • scab
  • scandalmonger
  • scout
  • seducement
  • sergeant
  • shadow
  • shamus
  • shill
  • shoofly
  • singer
  • sitting duck
  • sleazemonger
  • sleuth
  • slewfoot
  • snake
  • snare
  • sneak
  • snitch
  • snitcher
  • snoop
  • snooper
  • songbird
  • source
  • spite
  • spy
  • squeaker
  • squealer
  • stool pigeon
  • stoolie
  • tabby
  • tail
  • talebearer
  • taleteller
  • tattler
  • tattletale
  • tease
  • telltale
  • temptation
  • tipster
  • traitor
  • trick
  • trickery
  • troublemaker
  • turncoat
  • undo
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vex
  • wear on
  • weasel
  • whistle-blower
  • whistleblower
  • whistler
  • windbag
  • worry

abrade

  • bark
  • bite
  • break down
  • break up
  • bruise
  • burn
  • chafe
  • chew
  • claw
  • contuse
  • corrade
  • corrode
  • cut
  • decompose
  • disintegrate
  • dissolve
  • eat
  • enflame
  • erase
  • erode
  • excoriate
  • file
  • flay
  • fray
  • frazzle
  • fret
  • gall
  • gnaw
  • grate
  • graze
  • grind
  • hone
  • inflame
  • irritate
  • lacerate
  • nibble
  • peel
  • rasp
  • reduce
  • rub
  • rub off
  • rub out
  • sandblast
  • sandpaper
  • scour
  • scrape
  • scratch
  • scuff
  • sharpen
  • shave
  • skin
  • triturate
  • wear
  • wear down
  • wear out
  • whet

badger

  • Persian lamb
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • alligator
  • anger
  • annoy
  • antagonize
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • bearskin
  • beaver
  • bother
  • buckskin
  • bug
  • bully
  • bullyrag
  • calfskin
  • chafe
  • chamois
  • chinchilla
  • coonskin
  • cordovan
  • cowhide
  • crocodile
  • deerskin
  • devil
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • doeskin
  • eat
  • egg
  • enflame
  • enrage
  • ermine
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • exhort
  • fisher
  • fleece
  • fox
  • fret
  • frost
  • fur
  • gall
  • get
  • give the business
  • goad
  • goatskin
  • grate
  • gripe
  • hagride
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • heckle
  • hide
  • horsehide
  • hound
  • importune
  • incense
  • incite
  • inflame
  • infuriate
  • insist
  • insist on
  • insult
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • karakul
  • kidskin
  • kolinsky
  • lambskin
  • leather
  • madden
  • marten
  • miff
  • mink
  • morocco
  • mouton
  • muskrat
  • nag
  • nark
  • needle
  • nettle
  • nudge
  • offend
  • otter
  • outrage
  • patent leather
  • peeve
  • pelt
  • persecute
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pigskin
  • pique
  • plague
  • press
  • pressure
  • prod
  • prompt
  • provoke
  • push
  • put out
  • rabbit
  • raccoon
  • racoon
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • rawhide
  • ride
  • rile
  • roil
  • rouse
  • ruffle
  • sable
  • seal
  • sealskin
  • sharkskin
  • sheep
  • sheepskin
  • skin
  • snakeskin
  • spite
  • spur
  • suede
  • tease
  • torment
  • undo
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • urge
  • vex
  • work on
  • worry

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