eater

Other forms of eater

plural

eaters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eater

What does eater mean?

eater means "someone who consumes food for nourishment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eater?

eater has 2 syllables: ea-ter. The stress falls on "ea". In IPA it is /ˈitɚ/.

What is another word for eater?

Close synonyms include feeder. 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 eater a common word?

eater is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.