EATS Synonyms: 245 Similar and Opposite Words

eats 1 of 2

plural noun

as in food

substances intended to be eaten there are some good eats at the buffet table

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eats

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of eat

as in consumes

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

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as in erodes

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

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as in dines

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

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diets
fasts

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

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Recent Examples of eats

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Cyclospora infections typically occur when someone eats raw produce that has been contaminated with fecal material. — Eva Flowe july 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026 The stocky species, up to 11 inches long, sometimes out-competes or eats other lizards, including brown anoles. — Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026 The six-foot four-inch footballer eats roughly 6,000 calories per day, consuming lots of whole foods such as steak, fish, eggs, raw milk and honey, according to his YouTube videos. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 July 2026 Its deficit is more than 5 percent of GDP, and debt servicing, as in other countries, eats at what is available for defense. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Normally, the larvae would complete their lifecycle when a cat or dog eats an infected second intermediate host. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026 The next two stops in Madrid explore opposing sides of how a city eats. — Chadner Navarro, Robb Report, 9 July 2026 Inadvertently, Charlotte and I were, with our company run out of her basement, involved at a very seminal level in changing the way America eats in terms of its vegetables. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 The series would follow an Italian-American kid who eats moon rocks, fails to digest them, and ends up with terribly inconvenient superpowers. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eats

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Football sensation Erling Haaland, known for his striking goal record, reportedly consumes 6,000 calories daily, a regimen suited to his intense physical demands and unique metabolism.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Memory-centric computing has emerged as one possible solution because moving data often consumes more energy than the calculations themselves.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

Definition of consumes

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Financial privacy erodes gradually through risk assessments, compliance obligations, information sharing partnerships and international standards presented as technical rather than political.

— Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
This undermines financial stability, erodes reserves intended for true emergencies, and increases the likelihood of necessary cuts or emergency measures in the future.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026

Definition of erodes

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Every guest after the first 100 who dines in from Saturday through Monday can get a buy one, get one beef pepper rice.

— Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Complimentary valet is available for anyone who dines at Toro Toro before or after a screening.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of dines

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Regardless, there’s a clear symbolism to Clark empathizing and embracing a bloated externalization of his own inchoate fury until someone with an outside perspective disturbs his peace, and that fury breaks loose and devours him.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026
In my experience, urgency devours strategy for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

— Allison Mais, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Definition of devours

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The first episode drops Thursday, July 16 in podcast feeds everywhere.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
The image of pre- and post-highway village life, and of his own family’s generations-long migration from Karachi through the upper Himalayas to Dehradun, feeds directly into the film’s sense of people caught in transit.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026

Definition of feeds

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If that bothers you, then a significant projection for Bo Nix’s season will make your skin crawl.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
What bothers me more is when passengers take up valuable overhead bin space with personal items like backpacks and jackets before everyone has finished boarding.

— Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 July 2026

Definition of bothers

Verb

If someone is in your life long enough, they’re bound to do something that irritates you—and you’re bound to do something that irritates them.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Elsa’s inquisitive presence almost instantly irritates Amalia, as the latter refuses to simply acquiesce to her relentless quizzing.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 16 May 2026