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
• nutritious
• nourishing
• esculent
• nutritive
• digestible
• appetizing
• chewable
• tasty
• swallowable
• absorbable
• 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
• picking (at)
• putting down
• gorging
• feasting
• wolfing
• relishing
• 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
• feeding
• feasting
• snacking
• nibbling
• partaking
• refreshing
• faring
• breaking bread
• lunching
• picnicking
• gorging
• victualing
• overeating
• banqueting
• breakfasting
• glutting
• grazing
• overfeeding
• messing
• supping
• noshing
• chowing (down)
• picking
• boarding
• repasting
• 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
• ruffling
• exasperating
• putting out
• hacking (off)
• angering
• infuriating
• irking
• narking
• rasping
• vexing
• plaguing
• galling
• piquing
• peeving
• provoking
• insulting
• sticking in one's craw
• getting one's goat
• harassing
• rubbing the wrong way
• setting one's teeth on edge
• getting on one's nerves
• exercising
• offending
• hassling
• heckling
• upsetting
• nagging
• rousing
• pestering
• enraging
• badgering
• inflaming
• baiting
• antagonizing
• distressing
• agitating
• harrying
• unsettling
• deviling
• incensing
• bullyragging
• fretting
• undoing
• roiling
• disquieting
• rankling
• discomforting
• outraging
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eating

Adjective

The county’s southern portion of I-Drive, meanwhile, includes more eating and entertainment options, the 400-foot high Orlando Eye Ferris wheel, higher-end hotels, the Orange County Convention Center and SeaWorld’s theme parks. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025

Another Internet-famous eating style is the keto diet, with minimal carbohydrates. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 10 Apr. 2025

Verb

That rate hike should help cool off inflation by slowing the economy and eating away at demand, though such a policy move typically yields results after a lag time lasting several months. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Bessent went a step further, eating lunch Monday at a Cheesecake Factory near the White House. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing eating

• eating one's heart out