Nutrition Synonyms and Antonyms

no͝o-trĭshən, nyo͝o-
Food
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. nourishment
  2. food
  3. nutriment
  4. diet
  5. victuals
  6. (healthy nutrition)
  7. denutrition
  8. dietetics
  9. dystrophy(defective nutrition)
  10. eutrophy
  11. feeding
  12. sustenance
  13. innutrition
  14. malnutrition
  15. aliment
  16. alimentation
Antonyms:
  1. starvation
  2. deprivation
Something fit to be eaten
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. aliment
  2. bread
  3. comestible
  4. diet
  5. edible
  6. esculent
  7. fare
  8. food
  9. foodstuff
  10. meat
  11. nourishment
  12. nurture
  13. nutriment
  14. pabulum
  15. pap
  16. provender
  17. provision
  18. sustenance
  19. victual
  20. chow
  21. eats
  22. grub
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. nourishing
  2. nutritious

Words Related to Nutrition

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Nutrition Sentence Examples

  • First, nutrition is a very primitive science.

  • The cafeteria must conform to the state's nutrition guidelines.

  • Although transpiration is a necessary accompaniment of nutrition, it may easily become excessive, especially where the plant cannot readily recoup itself.

  • Plants need very considerable amounts of water for their nutrition and growth; the waterholding capacity is, therefore, important.

  • Dutrochet towards the middle of the century, and Liebig's application of chemistry to agriculture and physiology put beyond question the parts played by the atmosphere and the soil in the nutrition of plants.

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