English Synonym Finder

grub

Definitions

The thick, legless larva of certain insects, especially beetles.

Informal term for food.

To search for something by digging or rummaging.

Examples

We stopped at a local diner to grab some grub after the long hike.

The gardener found a fat white grub hiding beneath the soil near the rosebushes.

After working in the fields all day, the laborers were eager to sit down for some hearty grub.

Synonyms

food meal sustenance provisions rations fare nourishment

Antonyms

fasting starvation hunger famine abstinence