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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The average American eats about 18 pounds of ice cream, or about 4 gallons, each year, according to the IDFA. —

Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 Everyone eats the same meal, including the teachers, and the guests, who may be surprised that the children have cleared their plates of these vegetables. —

Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 14 June 2026 In the third episode of the Hulu series, a character eats seafood to impress a woman, despite having a severe life-threatening allergy. —

Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 Along with the Pride Month cocktails, Tipsy Putt offers a menu of local beers, mixed drinks, and bar eats like tacos and wings. —

Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026 The screwworm is actually a fly larva that eats living flesh instead of dead material. —

Jeffrey Collins, Fortune, 9 June 2026 But the White House’s mixed messages on tariffs has made farmers skittish, and the resurgence of a parasite that eats their animals alive may only make things worse. —

Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026 McGinniss watches and lives and eats with the team, painting enchanting portraits of the team hierarchy at work over many-course meals. —

Leander Schaerlaeckens june 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026 The screwworm is actually a fly, which produces a larva that eats live flesh instead of dead material. —

ABC News, 8 June 2026

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When the algae die and decompose, the process consumes oxygen that fish need to survive.

— Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 10 June 2026
Reducing the need for permanent port fuel infrastructure To support continuous operations, the platform consumes roughly 16,500 to 17,600 pounds of hydrogen per week, stored in modular, ISO-compatible low-pressure containers integrated into the floating structure.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026