Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Food (Eating)

Nouns
  • eating etc. v.
  • deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination
  • gluttony etc. Gluttony. [eating specific foods] hippophagy, ichthyophagy. [Eating anatomy:] (appetite) etc. Desire
  • mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob [Slang], chops. drinking etc. v.
  • potation, draught, libation
  • carousal etc. (amusement) Amusement
  • drunkenness etc. Drunkenness. food, pabulum
  • aliment, nourishment, nutriment
  • sustenance, sustentation, sustention
  • nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board
  • commissariat etc. (provision) Provision
  • prey, forage, pasture, pasturage
  • fare, cheer
  • diet, dietary
  • regimen
  • belly timber, staff of life
  • bread, bread and cheese. comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta
  • grub, grubstake, prog, meat
  • bread, bread stuffs
  • cerealia
  • cereals
  • viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots
  • festal board
  • ambrosia
  • good cheer, good living. beef, bisquit, bun
  • cornstarch [U.S.]
  • cookie, cooky [U.S.]
  • cracker, doughnut
  • fatling
  • hardtack, hoecake [U.S.], hominy [U.S.]
  • mutton, pilot bread
  • pork
  • roti, rusk, ship biscuit
  • veal
  • joint, roast and boiled
  • remove, entremet, hash, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince
  • pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat
  • pie, pasty, volauvent
  • pudding, omelet
  • pastry
  • sweets etc. [Motion into, actively.] Reception
  • kickshaws
  • condiment etc. Condiment. appetizer, entree. alligator pear, apple etc., apple slump
  • artichoke
  • ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack
  • atole, avocado, banana, barbecue, beefsteak
  • beet root
  • blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]
  • chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U.S.], supawn [U.S.], trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut. table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, ordinary, entree. meal, repast, feed, spread
  • mess
  • dish, plate, course
  • regale
  • regalement, refreshment, entertainment
  • refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket
  • breakfast
  • lunch, luncheon
  • bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert
  • potluck
  • hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal
  • blowout [Slang]
  • light refreshment
  • bara, chotahazri
  • bara khana. mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet. drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup
  • potion, dram, draught, drench, swill [Slang]
  • nip, sip, sup, gulp. wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet
  • grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail
  • gin etc. (intoxicating liquor) Drunkenness
  • coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates
  • bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer
  • Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U.S.]
  • near beer, Substantiality.Inexistence beer, non-alcoholic beverage. eating house etc. [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode. [person who eats] diner
  • hippophage
  • glutton etc. Gluttony.
Verbs
  • eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take
  • gulp, bolt, snap
  • fall to
  • despatch, dispatch
  • discuss
  • take down, get down, gulp down
  • lay in, tuck in [Slang]
  • lick, pick, peck
  • gormandize etc. Gluttony
  • bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble. live on
  • feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon
  • browse, graze, crop, regale
  • carouse etc. (make merry) Amusement
  • eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet. break bread, break one's fast
  • breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup. drink in, drink up, drink one's fill
  • quaff, sip, sup
  • suck, suck up
  • lap
  • swig
  • swill [Slang], chugalug [Slang], tipple etc. (be drunken) Drunkenness
  • empty one's glass, drain the cup
  • toss off, toss one's glass
  • wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle. purvey etc. Provision.
Adjectives
  • eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary
  • cereal, cibarious
  • dietetic
  • culinary
  • nutritive, nutritious
  • gastric
  • succulent
  • potable, potulent
  • bibulous. omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous
  • ichthyivorous
  • omophagic, omophagous
  • pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous.
Phrases
  • blessed hour of our dinners! " [O. Meredith]
  • now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both! " [Macbeth]
  • who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite? [Richard II]