Synonyms of fed

fed 1 of 2

noun

as in Federal

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fed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of feed

1

as in boarded

to provide food or meals for

a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boarded
• catered
• sustained
• served
• provisioned
• filled
• nurtured
• waited
• fattened
• nourished
• victualed
• dined
• feasted
• messed
• regaled
• overfed
• banqueted
• underfed
• force-fed
• surfeited
• battened
• refed
• hand-fed
• spoon-fed
• reprovisioned

2

as in provided

to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption

all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provided
• supplied
• gave
• handed
• furnished
• delivered
• distributed
• handed over
• dispensed
• administered
• allocated
• apportioned
• dealt (out)
• transferred
• assigned
• plied (with)
• prorated
• doled out
• portioned
• ceded
• meted (out)
• made over
• parceled (out)
• deeded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• held (back)
• retained
• kept (back)
• reserved
• withheld
• maintained
• preserved
• saved
• conserved
• kept up

3

as in ate

to take a meal

an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ate
• dined
• feasted
• refreshed
• broke bread
• partook
• snacked
• fared
• victualed
• nibbled
• overfed
• banqueted
• glutted
• messed
• grazed
• gorged
• supped
• lunched
• breakfasted
• boarded
• dug in
• repasted
• picked
• picnicked
• dined out
• noshed
• chowed (down)
• pigged out
• overate
• gormandized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fasted
• dieted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fed

Verb

Lars Eller fed Jones coming down the left side just as Dmitry Kulikov was coming out of the penalty box. — Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

The landscape is framed by 150 specimen trees sourced from the New York Botanical Garden and a sprawling, spring-fed pond. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026

Hopkins fed Debinha’s late-arriving run perfectly, and within two touches Debinha put it past Bay FC goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026

State media outlets even circulated the absurd accusation, later immortalized as a running joke, that protesters were being fed and financed by Kentucky Fried Chicken. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

The idea is that these serve as an incubator for ideas that can then be turned into franchises for its streaming services, which can then be fed back into the linear landscape. — Peter White, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

The team fed the data about the reservoirs of volatile elements of both Earth and Mars into computer models to test which formation scenarios fit best, and the results favor a hybrid model. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Many mathematicians have stopped posting open conjectures and potential ideas at the end of their papers, for fear that they’ll be scraped by bots and fed into AI models. — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026

He was fed as an outdoor cat for at least two years, but is thriving indoors. — Our Companions, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing fed

• fed up