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

That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Now, Summer House is the show feeding the great maw of the Bravoverse. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026

Beyond that, feeding unpasteurized milk to infants or young children is just dangerous. — Parents, 6 Aug. 2026

Ever since then he’s been feeding the mole sourdough-style, in the manner made famous by Enrique Olvera at his Mexico City fixture Pujol. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

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

Phrases Containing feeding

• care and feeding