Synonyms of eating

eating 1 of 2

adjective

ˈē-tiŋ 

as in edible

suitable for use as food

crab apples are not actually eating apples

Synonyms & Similar Words

• edible
• eatable
• delicious
• flavorful
• comestible
• nourishing
• nutritious
• esculent
• nutritive
• digestible
• appetizing
• chewable
• tasty
• swallowable
• absorbable
• savoury
• succulent
• ingestible
• palatable
• toothy
• toothsome
• savory

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inedible
• uneatable
• nonedible
• indigestible
• undigestible
• nondigestible
• nonnutritious

eating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of eat

1

as in consuming

to take in as food

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consuming
• chewing
• devouring
• licking
• swallowing
• ingesting
• digesting
• tasting
• partaking (of)
• tucking (away or in)
• dining
• putting away
• munching
• savoring
• gulping
• scoffing
• gorging
• picking (at)
• putting down
• feasting
• wolfing
• relishing
• savouring
• downing
• snacking
• slopping
• mouthing (down)
• lunching
• swilling
• gobbling (up or down)
• nibbling (on)
• gumming
• breakfasting
• supping
• lapping
• gnawing (at or on)
• banqueting
• bolting
• glutting (on)
• chowing (down on)
• nursing
• faring
• regaling
• noshing
• snarfing (down)
• polishing off
• dispatching
• gormandizing
• pigging out

2

as in eroding

to consume or wear away gradually

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eroding
• nibbling
• destroying
• biting (at)
• gnawing
• corroding
• fretting
• decomposing
• dissolving
• disintegrating
• wrecking
• ruining
• wasting
• devastating
• breaking down
• decimating
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• recreating
• reviving
• regenerating
• renewing
• revitalizing
• rejuvenating
• freshening
• refreshing
• refreshening

3

as in dining

to take a meal

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dining
• feasting
• feeding
• snacking
• nibbling
• partaking
• refreshing
• victualling
• faring
• breaking bread
• lunching
• picnicking
• victualing
• gorging
• overeating
• banqueting
• breakfasting
• glutting
• overfeeding
• grazing
• messing
• supping
• noshing
• picking
• chowing (down)
• repasting
• boarding
• dining out
• digging in
• gormandizing
• pigging out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fasting
• dieting

4

as in bothering

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

• bothering
• bugging
• annoying
• persecuting
• irritating
• getting
• aggravating
• spiting
• itching
• frosting
• worrying
• grating
• burning (up)
• griping
• nettling
• getting to
• wearing on
• riling
• chafing
• teasing
• exasperating
• ruffling
• putting out
• hacking (off)
• angering
• infuriating
• irking
• narking
• rasping
• vexing
• plaguing
• provoking
• galling
• piquing
• peeving
• insulting
• sticking in one's craw
• harassing
• getting one's goat
• rubbing the wrong way
• setting one's teeth on edge
• getting on one's nerves
• offending
• exercising
• upsetting
• hassling
• heckling
• nagging
• rousing
• pestering
• enraging
• badgering
• inflaming
• baiting
• antagonizing
• distressing
• agitating
• harrying
• enflaming
• unsettling
• devilling
• ballyragging
• deviling
• incensing
• bullyragging
• fretting
• undoing
• roiling
• disquieting
• rankling
• outraging
• discomforting
• affronting
• perturbing
• maddening
• unhinging
• discomposing
• hagriding
• freaking (out)
• miffing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appeasing
• placating
• pacifying
• obliging
• satisfying
• gratifying
• conciliating
• pleasing
• delighting
• propitiating
• comforting
• assuring
• cheering
• mollifying
• consoling
• reassuring
• soothing
• contenting
• quieting
• gladdening
• solacing

Examples of eating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Those who engage in social eating report feeling more emotionally and socially supported by their colleagues. —Dilip Rao, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023

Other forms of intermittent fasting might incorporate only one or two days per week of no eating or significant calorie restriction. —Megan Schmidt, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2020

What matters in the long run for health are your overall eating habits, says Petitpain. —Jeanne Erdmann, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2021

Many of us grew up eating and loving animal products and made the switch only for ethical reasons. —Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2022

Phrases Containing eating

• eating one's heart out