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Noun
S:
(n)
eater
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feeder
(someone who consumes food for nourishment)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
devourer
(someone who eats greedily or voraciously)
S:
(n)
diner
(a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant))
S:
(n)
dunker
(an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it)
"he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in"
S:
(n)
glutton
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gourmand
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gourmandizer
,
trencherman
(a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess)
S:
(n)
gobbler
(a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls)
S:
(n)
luncher
(someone who is eating lunch)
S:
(n)
mouth
(a person conceived as a consumer of food)
"he has four mouths to feed"
S:
(n)
mycophagist
,
mycophage
(a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms))
S:
(n)
nosher
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snacker
(someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals)
S:
(n)
omnivore
(a person who eats all kinds of foods)
S:
(n)
picnicker
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picknicker
(a person who is picnicking)
S:
(n)
scoffer
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gorger
(someone who eats food rapidly and greedily)
S:
(n)
vegetarian
(eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
eater
(any green goods that are good to eat)
"these apples are good eaters"