Synonyms and Antonyms of eat
1
to take in as food
- having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers
digest, down, mouth (down), swallow
bolt, chow (down on), devour, glut (on), gobble (up or down), gorge, gulp, scoff, slop, snarf (down), swill, wolf
chew, gnaw (at or on), gum, lap, lick, nibble (on), nurse, pick (at)
relish, savor (also savour), taste
banquet, dine, fare, feast, gormandize, pig out, regale
dispatch, polish off
breakfast, lunch, sup
munch, nosh, snack
2
to consume or wear away gradually
- the pot's protective coating was eaten away by the acid
3
to take a meal
- where's the best place to eat in this town?
banquet, feast, repast
chow (down), dig in
glut, gorge, gormandize, overeat, overfeed, pig out
graze, nibble, nosh, pick, snack
board, mess, dine out
breakfast, lunch, sup
picnic
4
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
- it really eats me the way people go to national parks to enjoy nature—and then leave their litter behind
aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark [British], nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, vex
hassle, heckle
nag
inflame (also enflame), provoke, rouse
badger, bait, bullyrag (also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease
anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roil
