Synonyms of feeding

feeding

verb

present participle of feed

1

as in boarding

to provide food or meals for

a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boarding
• catering
• sustaining
• serving
• provisioning
• waiting
• filling
• nurturing
• victualing
• messing
• feasting
• dining
• overfeeding
• nourishing
• fattening
• underfeeding
• banqueting
• regaling
• refeeding
• hand-feeding
• force-feeding
• battening
• spoon-feeding
• surfeiting
• reprovisioning

2

as in providing

to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption

all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article

Synonyms & Similar Words

• providing
• supplying
• giving
• handing
• furnishing
• delivering
• distributing
• dispensing
• handing over
• administering
• dealing (out)
• allocating
• plying (with)
• apportioning
• transferring
• assigning
• prorating
• portioning
• doling out
• meting (out)
• ceding
• parceling (out)
• deeding
• making over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding (back)
• keeping (back)
• retaining
• maintaining
• preserving
• saving
• withholding
• reserving
• conserving
• keeping up

3

as in eating

to take a meal

an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fasting
• dieting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of feeding

The combination of these two groups feeding on a single stem of common milkweed cleared all the leaves and seed pods within three days. — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

After feeding coins into a meter, Darien Wharton, 21, of west Orlando, jogged across West Robinson Street to drop something at a friend’s apartment. — Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026

Dogs with milder, more chronic forms of pancreatitis are typically managed by feeding them a diet that is low in fat, although Cridge said that many of these dogs still have recurrent problems. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026

In all the time since, the water flowed through that line under the many incarnations of the Sunset Strip, feeding smaller pipes that quenched a growing metropolis that expanded from about 500,000 people to 4 million. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Surveillance cameras at busway stations are now feeding images directly to Troop H dispatchers so better information can be relayed to troopers more quickly. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

His arrival is expected to provide crucial playmaking, allowing Tyrese Maxey to thrive off-ball and feeding Joel Embiid. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Depending on the species and location, bats may be feeding heavily to build up energy before winter or looking for safe places to roost. — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2026

These would fall back to the center of the galaxy and form a swirling disk around its incumbent black hole, once again feeding it and triggering a new period of growth. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 July 2026

Phrases Containing feeding

• care and feeding