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

Soon, the Toupses began feeding employees’ friends and families who were also struggling, and as word spread, more folks in need started reaching out. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

Most of the dealers and suppliers who worked with Brun were addicts themselves, feeding an island ravaged by meth addiction since the 1980s. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

You're tasked with generating profit, or feeding it into a progression system to purchase new tools or more efficient methods of destruction. — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Sometimes customers scold Rapp for feeding Jerry, but Perlut and Boogert aren't concerned. — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026

Avoid feeding him immediately or turning it into the start of the day. — Cathy M. Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Now that middle schools feeding Monroe have flag football programs, the numbers are expected to continue to rise. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026

LRMs, starting with OpenAI’s o1 model in 2024, are trained to automate this trick by generating such prompts — also called reasoning traces or thinking tokens — and then feeding them back to themselves. — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026

Officials said private entities tasked with feeding the hungry are already stressed to the limit due to federal cuts in programs such as SNAP. — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Phrases Containing feeding

• care and feeding