eat on

1. 1.

   worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

   “What's eating you?”

   Synonymseat

   Broaderworry

Questions about eat on

What does eat on mean?

eat on means "worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way".

What is another word for eat on?

Close synonyms include eat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eat on a common word?

eat on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.