Synonyms of feeds

feeds 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of feed

1

as in boards

to provide food or meals for

a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boards
• caters
• sustains
• serves
• provisions
• nurtures
• fills
• waits
• nourishes
• fattens
• victuals
• dines
• messes
• feasts
• force-feeds
• regales
• banquets
• overfeeds
• hand-feeds
• spoon-feeds
• surfeits
• underfeeds
• battens
• refeeds
• reprovisions

2

as in provides

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

• provides
• gives
• supplies
• furnishes
• hands
• distributes
• delivers
• dispenses
• portions
• hands over
• deals (out)
• administers
• allocates
• apportions
• plies (with)
• assigns
• transfers
• parcels (out)
• doles out
• metes (out)
• cedes
• prorates
• makes over
• deeds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holds (back)
• retains
• keeps (back)
• reserves
• maintains
• withholds
• preserves
• saves
• conserves
• keeps up

3

as in eats

to take a meal

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eats
• dines
• refreshes
• partakes
• breaks bread
• feasts
• fares
• snacks
• nibbles
• victuals
• chows (down)
• banquets
• grazes
• messes
• overeats
• boards
• gluts
• overfeeds
• lunches
• pigs out
• dines out
• breakfasts
• repasts
• sups
• gorges
• picks
• digs in
• noshes
• gormandizes
• picnics

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diets
• fasts

feeds

2 of 2

noun

plural of feed

1

as in dinners

a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment

the company barbecue was an elaborate feed that was enlivened by country music and dancing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dinners
• banquets
• feasts
• spreads
• barbecues
• regales
• chow
• festivals
• repasts
• roasts
• galas
• tables
• festivities
• messes
• parties
• carnivals
• blowouts
• buffets
• fries
• fetes
• luncheons
• cookouts
• shindigs
• smorgasbords
• clambakes
• luaus

2

as in meals

food eaten or prepared for eating at one time

after soccer practice we were all ready for a hot shower and a satisfying feed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meals
• menus
• chow
• tables
• repasts
• feasts
• dinners
• lunches
• messes
• bites
• snacks
• refections
• banquets
• buffets
• breakfasts
• tastes
• suppers
• boards
• refreshments
• teas
• gulps
• servings
• collations
• bakes
• luncheons
• roasts
• morsels
• smorgasbords
• picnics
• spreads
• fries
• barbecues
• cookouts
• regales
• potlucks
• fry-ups
• clambakes
• luaus

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of feeds

Verb

Dominque Petrovic, who feeds homeless people in hotel parking lots through One Mission Outreach, got permission to use Founders Square for the event. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Don’t overdose the amount of detergent required, and skip the use of fabric softeners, which leave excessive residue in the washer that feeds mildew spores. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026

There is also a flat, half-mile trail compliant with the American with Disabilities Act standard and feeds into the Fifield-Cahill Ridge Trail. — Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Holding an incomplete vote, or one that feeds into any narrative of the winner being illegitimate, would be a tremendous gift to Moscow. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Ninety-five percent of them carried advertising for unregulated gambling, according to Gaming Compliance International, which monitored pirate feeds across the tournament. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Lori Schott of Colorado said Attorney General Phil Weiser has viewed the content that populated her daughter Annalee's social media feeds and read her journals after her death by suicide. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Faster detection The technology feeds into Crytica’s Rapid Detection, Alert, and Isolation system, known as RDAi. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Jayker Way, which winds through the subdivision and feeds into Chinden, frequently backs up, especially on Sundays, when thousands of congregants attend worship at the nearby Rockharbor megachurch. — Rose Evans august 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026

Noun

Behind the girl’s mother stood several parents, each of whom held up a handwritten banner emblazoned with the names of nearly 400 other children and teens who died after becoming consumed by their social media feeds. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Every camera in the network logs a vehicle’s plate, location and timestamp, and participating agencies can query each other's feeds. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

The homeowner pulled up his camera feeds, saw the men outside, and decided to confront them -- yelling at the men and turning on more lights. — Abigail Velez, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Tavern-style lighting popping up in design feeds where minimalism used to dominate. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026

This is where a social media platform deprioritizes a user's posts on other users' feeds in the absence of any official ban, even if the user isn't notified. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026

Shop Now The juicy semi-sheer effect has been on the scene for a minute, arriving on social feeds last year alongside similarly sweet trends like glazed donut nails and cherry cola hair. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026

And now, on social feeds, music has somehow been grouped in as just another piece of content. — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 14 Aug. 2026

The Vances often post photos of their children, but Usha’s parents and sister don’t appear in her social media feeds. — Kate Andersen Brower, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026