glutton

One who overindulges

A glutton is someone who eats excessively or greedily.

The word extends to anyone with an insatiable appetite for something: a glutton for punishment, a glutton for work.

A glutton for punishment is someone who keeps subjecting themselves to unpleasant experiences.

The wolverine is also called a glutton, from its reputation for voracious feeding.

eating

gorge

Deep, narrow valley

guzzle · scarf · stuff · engorge · pig-out · snarf · nosh · feast · binge · shovel

appetite

ravenous

Extremely hungry, insatiable

starving · hungry · wolfish · unquenchable · bottomless · craving · rapacious · greedy · devouring · omnivorous

character

gourmand

Excessive food lover

  • hogSwine, or monopolize
  • pigDomesticated swine for meat
  • trenchermanVoracious consumer of food

chowhound · gannet · cormorant · foodie · epicure · bon-vivant

excess

overconsumption

Excessive use of resources

immoderation · intemperance · stuffing · bingeing · overindulgence · pigging out · insatiability · voracity · greediness · excessiveness

punishment

masochist

One who enjoys suffering

tireless · unstoppable · driven · dogged · grinding · persevering

Categories
Opposites
eating quantity/appetite

gluttonnibbler

Small-bite eater or metal cutter

picker · dieter · picky eater · anorexic · undereater

self-indulgence vs. self-denial

gluttonascetic

One who renounces indulgence

abstainer · faster · monk · puritan · spartan

eating speed and manner

gluttonsavorer

One who enjoys deeply

epicure · gourmet · connoisseur

Phrases
Family

gluttonous, gluttony, gluttons

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G