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overeater

overeater noun: one who eats too much; particularly one who does so regularly.

Noun

overeater (plural overeaters)

  1. One who eats too much; particularly one who does so regularly.
    • The great myth about overeaters is, "They could lose weight if they really wanted to."1990, Doug Peterson, H. Winfield Tutte, Fearfully and Wonderfully Weird

Forms of overeater

pluralovereaters

Origin of overeater

From overeat + -er.

Questions about overeater

What does overeater mean?
Overeater means one who eats too much; particularly one who does so regularly.
What part of speech is overeater?
Overeater is a noun.
What is the plural of overeater?
The plural of overeater is overeaters.

Words near overeater in the dictionary

  1. overeasily
  2. overeasiness
  3. overeasy
  4. overeat
  5. overeaten
  6. overeater
  7. overeaters
  8. overeating
  9. overeats
  10. overed
  11. overedge

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