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)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) feed [Related to: feeder] (feed into; supply) "Her success feeds her vanity"
• antonym
• W: (n) distributary [Opposed to: tributary] (a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it)
• 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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) feed [Related to: feeder] (give food to) "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
• W: (v) feed [Related to: feeder] (introduce continuously) "feed carrots into a food processor"
• 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"