Thesaurus:eat

Thesaurus

eat

English

Verb

Sense: to consume something solid or semi-solid as food

Synonyms

• eat
• fret (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• bolt
• chomp down on
• devour
• eat like a bird
• eat like a horse
• eat like a pig
• eat one's fill
• fress (obsolete)
• gobble
• gorge
• gormandize
• guttle
• ingurgitate
• make a pig of oneself
• nibble
• pig    [⇒ thesaurus]
• raven
• scoff
• snack
• wolf
• wolf down
• woof (informal)

Hypernyms

• ingest    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• bite
• champ
• chew
• chomp
• gnaw
• masticate
• mumble
• munch
• swallow

Holonyms

• breakfast
• dine
• sup

Various

• eat someone out of house and home

See also

• Thesaurus:drink
• Thesaurus:food
• Thesaurus:mouthful
• Thesaurus:taste

Further reading

• “298. food” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “eat” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.