overeater

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noun

One who eats too much; particularly one who does so regularly.

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Meanings

nounovereater (plural overeaters)

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

Origin

From overeat + -er.

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APA

overeater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeater

MLA

“overeater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeater. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overeater,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeater.

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