EATEN Synonyms: 199 Similar and Opposite Words

eaten

verb

past participle of eat

as in consumed

to take in as food having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers

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as in eroded

to consume or wear away gradually the pot's protective coating was eaten away by the acid

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as in dined

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

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as in bothered

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

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Recent Examples of eaten Bo kho is a Vietnamese dish of beef braised in a flavorful broth with lemongrass, star anise, cinnamon, and garlic, commonly eaten with baguette. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026 One of their most promising ideas is partnering with the restaurants to give away their food waste to either be eaten by other people or animals or composted. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Shark is eaten in many parts of the world and is especially popular in Brazil, Iceland, South Korea, Japan, Spain and Portugal. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 The Brooks River live-cams captured a young brown bear cub being killed and eaten by an unrelated mother bear (Bear 806) on Tuesday morning. — Annie Colbert, Popular Science, 29 July 2026 Lastly, the rest of the food that can’t be eaten is turned into compost for farmers across the country by Casey Can Compost and Missouri Organics. — Zuri Primos july 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026 Police say the boy appeared to have eaten one square from the candy bar. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 Having eaten nearly every possible version of lobster over the past few days, there was something special about feasting on local mushrooms and indulging in a dozen exquisite Maine oysters. — Dinaw Mengestu, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026 Caregivers supporting someone with memory loss may worry about whether their relative has eaten enough, or may spend hours preparing a meal that is enjoyed one day but goes untouched the next. — Minakshi Raj, The Conversation, 24 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eaten

Verb

The evidence primarily concerns coffee consumed in customary amounts (8-10 ounces).

— Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Butter and Margarine Findings presented at Nutrition 2023 showed that people who consumed more than half a tablespoon of olive oil a day had a 28% lower risk of dying from dementia than peers who rarely used it.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of consumed

Verb

But in all cases, their leadership was eroded by deep structural forces, especially the impact of Brexit.

— Garret Martin, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
Crystal hates that shows drop an entire season on release day, and thinks streaming has eroded the monoculture that used to propel powerful franchises to billion-dollar heights.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 30 July 2026

Definition of eroded

Verb

The effect that Republicans’ Wuhan investigations and right-leaning media had on Fauci’s public image continuously bothered him, according to the writings.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
Johnson took the job partly out of patriotism; he was bothered that so few people knew the smartphone was a Canadian invention.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

After the match, Brock Lesnar Oba Femi destroyed Brock Lesnar in their first encounter, which made an already rising Oba Femi into an overnight sensation.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Weeks later in Georgia, the Highway 82 Fire destroyed more than 120 homes – the most lost to a single fire since state records began in the 1950s – while blazes across the Southeast pushed smoke into communities that rarely see it.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of destroyed

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Before policies were in place, employees pasted client data into ChatGPT, fed proprietary code into public models and uploaded meeting recordings without a second thought.

— Dmitriy Stepanov, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
To create the immersive art at Dataland, the artist fed images and sounds from museum archives, labs and even his own travels to the Brazilian Amazon into a custom AI model.

— Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 July 2026

Definition of fed

Verb

Club homeowners are not merely annoyed by tourist bonanzas like the World Cup — Airbnb is FIFA’s official lodging partner — or the Ultra music festival, Spring Break and Formula 1 weekend.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
The equalising goal came in first-half stoppage time, with Norway coach Stale Solbakken visibly annoyed with referee Clement Turpin at the half-time interval.

— Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of annoyed

Verb

At the reception, everyone sat at tables named for Italian directors and feasted on dishes like linguine with baby squid and soused trout by chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo.

— Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo feasted off low crosses to each score twice, punctuating this as the World Cup of cutbacks.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026