EATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eater mean? 

• EATER (noun)
  The noun EATER has 2 senses:

1. someone who consumes food for nourishment
2. any green goods that are good to eat

  Familiarity information: EATER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EATER (noun)

Meaning:

Someone who consumes food for nourishment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

eater; feeder

Hypernyms ("eater" is a kind of...):

consumer (a person who uses goods or services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eater"):

devourer (someone who eats greedily or voraciously)

gorger; scoffer (someone who eats food rapidly and greedily)

picknicker; picnicker (a person who is picnicking)

omnivore (a person who eats all kinds of foods)

nosher; snacker (someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals)

micophage; mycophagist (a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms))

mouth (a person conceived as a consumer of food)

luncher (someone who is eating lunch)

gobbler (a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls)

glutton; gourmand; gourmandizer; trencherman (a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess)

dunker (an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it)

diner (a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant))

vegetarian (eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products)

Meaning:

Any green goods that are good to eat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Context example:

these apples are good eaters

Hypernyms ("eater" is a kind of...):

garden truck; green goods; green groceries; produce (fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market)