Someone who regularly eats more food than they need may be described as greedy: Don’t be greedy! / I’m going to be greedy and have another slice of cake! A more formal word for this is gluttonous: He was gluttonous and idle.Ī person who is voracious or who has a voracious appetite eats a great deal: Like all boys of his age, he has a voracious appetite. If you want to emphasize that someone knows a lot about a particular food or drink, you might call them a connoisseur: This is a website for connoisseurs of chocolate.Ī person who eats a lot may be said to have a good or healthy appetite: All three children have good appetites. ‘Gourmet’ suggests that someone likes very expensive, high-quality food: My father was a real gourmet. Informally, such a person may be called a foodie: Laura is a real foodie – she’ll be able to recommend a nice restaurant.Ī more formal word for a food enthusiast is gourmet. Starting with that second group of people, a few words exist for people who love their food and are very interested in trying new food. I think it’s true to say that most of us fall somewhere between these two extremes! Someone who lives to eat, on the other hand, regards food as the best part of living and is always looking forward to their next meal.
For this type of person, food is just fuel. Do you eat to live, or live to eat? If you’ve never heard this phrase before, someone who eats to live, eats only because they have to in order to carry on living.
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