Noun

• S: (n) feeder (an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening)
• S: (n) eater, feeder (someone who consumes food for nourishment)
• S: (n) feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent (a branch that flows into the main stream)
• S: (n) self-feeder, feeder (a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material) "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"
• S: (n) bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder (an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds)
• S: (n) feeder (an animal that feeds on a particular source of food) "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
• S: (n) organism, being (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
• S: (n) living thing, animate thing (a living (or once living) entity)
• S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))