Synonyms of eats

eats 1 of 2

plural noun

as in food

substances intended to be eaten

there are some good eats at the buffet table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• food
• provisions
• bread
• meat
• fare
• meal
• table
• foodstuffs
• supplies
• grub
• chow
• victuals
• chuck
• eatables
• feed
• refreshments
• dish
• tucker
• edibles
• diet
• vittles
• viands
• provender
• plate
• comestibles
• nourishment
• rations
• nutriment
• sustenance
• commissary
• fodder
• forage
• serving
• nurture
• feast
• pap
• board
• silage
• ensilage
• aliment
• repast
• platter
• natural food
• mess
• slop
• spread
• swill
• regale
• finger food

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poison
• toxin
• venom
• bane

eats

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of eat

1

as in consumes

to take in as food

having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consumes
• devours
• chews
• licks
• ingests
• swallows
• digests
• partakes (of)
• tucks (away or in)
• tastes
• dines
• puts away
• savors
• scoffs
• relishes
• gulps
• puts down
• picks (at)
• mouths (down)
• munches
• savours
• wolfs
• gobbles (up or down)
• swills
• downs
• slops
• gnaws (at or on)
• feasts
• nibbles (on)
• snacks
• fares
• gorges
• regales
• gluts (on)
• lunches
• chows (down on)
• laps
• breakfasts
• banquets
• sups
• snarfs (down)
• bolts
• gums
• polishes off
• dispatches
• nurses
• pigs out
• noshes
• gormandizes

2

as in erodes

to consume or wear away gradually

the pot's protective coating was eaten away by the acid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erodes
• gnaws
• destroys
• corrodes
• bites (at)
• decomposes
• nibbles
• frets
• disintegrates
• dissolves
• ruins
• wastes
• breaks down
• decimates
• wrecks
• breaks up
• devastates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restores
• revives
• recreates
• regenerates
• refreshes
• renews
• freshens
• revitalizes
• rejuvenates
• refreshens

3

as in dines

to take a meal

where's the best place to eat in this town?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dines
• feeds
• feasts
• snacks
• partakes
• refreshes
• fares
• nibbles
• breaks bread
• lunches
• victuals
• overeats
• banquets
• grazes
• breakfasts
• chows (down)
• messes
• gorges
• boards
• picnics
• picks
• gluts
• pigs out
• repasts
• sups
• dines out
• noshes
• overfeeds
• digs in
• gormandizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diets
• fasts

4

as in annoys

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoys
• bothers
• irritates
• bugs
• persecutes
• gets
• aggravates
• angers
• itches
• exasperates
• riles
• infuriates
• burns (up)
• teases
• wears on
• irks
• vexes
• chafes
• gripes
• worries
• provokes
• grates
• ruffles
• gets to
• piques
• frosts
• nettles
• hacks (off)
• puts out
• rasps
• plagues
• spites
• galls
• harasses
• insults
• peeves
• narks
• sets one's teeth on edge
• offends
• rouses
• rubs the wrong way
• enrages
• sticks in one's craw
• nags
• gets one's goat
• gets on one's nerves
• pesters
• upsets
• inflames
• enflames
• antagonizes
• unsettles
• agitates
• baits
• harries
• hassles
• heckles
• badgers
• roils
• perturbs
• outrages
• rankles
• devils
• distresses
• undoes
• unhinges
• disquiets
• exercises
• maddens
• incenses
• ballyrags
• bullyrags
• affronts
• discomposes
• frets
• discomforts
• freaks (out)
• hagrides
• miffs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliges
• pleases
• delights
• satisfies
• appeases
• placates
• gratifies
• pacifies
• contents
• assures
• propitiates
• mollifies
• gladdens
• conciliates
• cheers
• reassures
• comforts
• soothes
• quiets
• consoles
• solaces

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of eats

Verb

While the specter of cannibalism haunts Yellowjackets’ flashbacks (until Shauna finally eats her dead bestie Jackie’s ear in the season 2 premiere), Class of ‘07 plays that survival trope—along with food poisoning, a lack of working toilets, and in one case murder—for macabre laughs. —Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024

Each inspector eats out around 300 times a year and has 150 overnight stays. —Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024