Synonyms of the word

eating

• v. present participle of eat.
• adj. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
• n. The act of ingesting food.
• n. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.
• n. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

consumption

• n. The act of consuming, i.e., burning something.
• n. The act of eating, drinking or using.
• n. The amount consumed.
• n. (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
• n. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.

feeding

• v. present participle of feed.
• n. An instance of giving food.
• n. (dated) That which is eaten; food.
• n. (dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.

ingestion

• n. The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other…

intake

• n. The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
• n. The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
• n. The quantity taken in.
• n. An act or instance of taking in.
• n. The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
• v. To take or draw in (in all the senses of the noun).

uptake

• n. understanding, comprehension.
• n. absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
• n. (dated) a chimney.
• v. (archaic) To take up, to lift.