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grazer

grazer

1 4.9
A person who eats small amounts of food many times a day
  • noun
  • /ˈɡreɪzər/
translation icon : picoteador
  • Shall we call it a grazer?

If you're a bit of a grazer, then you can put, you know, chocolate in this one, sweets in this one and sweets in this one.

Examples

  • Being a grazer, I have trouble with large (esp. dinner) meals.

    Blog text (31)
  • I'm a grazer, going from place to place, having a little bit here and there.

    Blog text (20)
  • - You know what a grazer is?

  • Basically, August was a grazer.

    Blog text (21)
  • I'm not a grazer, Kyle.

  • Of course, he was also a grazer, a "hulker," as one woman confessed to me.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Eater. Grazer.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • If you're a bit of a grazer, then you can put, you know, chocolate in this one, sweets in this one and sweets in this one.

  • Communities that live in hypersaline ecosystems are therefore among the simplest on earth, often consisting of one species of alga, usually in the genus Dunaliella, and one grazer, the brine shrimp, Artemia.

    Academic text (1994)
  • As a grazer, I prefer to snack on fruits and nuts throughout the day instead of having big meals.

Synonyms

nibbler
vsgrazer
3 7.2

A person or animal that eats small bites again and again

focuses on bite size rather than the pattern of eating throughout the day
snacker
vsgrazer
1 2.7

A person who often eats small amounts of food between meals

is about eating small amounts frequently across the day rather than set meals
nosher
vsgrazer
  • Informal
1 9.6

A person who eats small snacks between meals

focuses on eating small amounts throughout the day rather than regular meals
real nosher
vsgrazer
  • Informal
9.1

A person who often eats small snacks between meals

is similar but stresses enjoyment more than the simple eating pattern

Antonyms

glutton
  • Offensive
14 7.0

A person who eats or drinks more than they need

How Much

glutton
  • Offensive
14 7.0
big eater
2 3.0
grazer
1 4.9
snacker
1 2.7
nibbler
3 7.2

Surface Forms

grazer singular
grazers plural

Morphology

grazer = graze (transparent) = graze + er

Regular agentive formation from the verb 'graze'; a learner knowing 'graze' and '-er' can infer 'one who grazes' (a person who snacks).

Etymology

Grazer comes from graze, which means 'to eat grass', and a helpful way to remember the human sense is to picture someone nibbling like an animal through the day. So a grazer is someone who eats small amounts often instead of big meals.