Synonyms for nutrition
nuˈtrɪʃ ən, nyu-nu·tri·tion

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1. nutrition

   Food is, in the popular sense, whatever one eats in contradistinction to what one drinks. Thus, we speak of food and drink, of wholesome, unwholesome, or indigestible food; but in a more scientific sense whatever, when taken into the digestive organs, serves to build up structure or supply waste may be termed food; the word is extended to plants to signify whatever taken in any way into the organism serves similar purposes; thus, we speak of liquid food, plant food, etc.; in this wider sense food is closely synonymous with nutriment, nourishment, and sustenance. Diet refers to the quantity and quality of food habitually taken, with reference to preservation of health. Victuals is a plain, homely word for whatever may be eaten; we speak of choice viands, cold victuals. Nourishment and sustenance apply to whatever can be introduced into the system as a means of sustaining life; we say of a convalescent, he is taking nourishment. Nutriment and nutrition have more of scientific reference to the vitalizing principles of various foods; thus, wheat is said to contain a great amount of nutriment. Regimen considers food as taken by strict rule, but applies more widely to the whole ordering of life. Fare is a general word for all table supplies, good or bad; as, sumptuous fare; wretched fare. Feed, fodder, and provender are used only of the food of the lower animals, feed denoting anything consumed, but more commonly grain, fodder denoting hay, cornstalks, or the like, sometimes called "long feed;" provender is dry feed, whether grain or hay, straw, etc. Forage denotes any kind of food suitable for horses and cattle, primarily as obtained by a military force in scouring the country, especially an enemy's country.

   Synonyms:
   aliment, diet, fare, feed, fodder, food, forage, nourishment, nutriment, pabulum, provender, regimen, sustenance, viands, victuals

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1. nutrition

   Synonyms:
   alimentation, sustentation, feeding

   Antonyms:
   exhaustion, starvation, inanition

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. nutritionnoun

   (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance

   Synonyms:
   nourishment, nutriment, aliment, sustenance, victuals, alimentation

2. nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victualsnoun

   a source of materials to nourish the body

   Synonyms:
   sustentation, sustainment, victual, edible, nutriment, pabulum, keep, viands, alimentation, upkeep, victuals, bread and butter, provender, feeding, support, eatable, aliment, provisions, sustenance, commissariat, living, maintenance, nourishment, livelihood, comestible

3. nutritionnoun

   the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)

   Synonyms:
   nourishment, nutriment, aliment, sustenance, victuals, alimentation

Matched Categories

1. • Human
   • Organic Process
   • Physiology
   • Science

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1. nutritionnoun

   Synonyms:
   nourishing

2. nutritionnoun

   Synonyms:
   food, NUTRIMENT

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1. nutritionnoun

   Synonyms:
   nourishment, feeding, nutriment, food, eutrophy, (healthy nutrition), malnutrition, denutrition, innutrition, dystrophy (defective nutrition)

   Associated words:
   threpsology, trophology, trophic

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1. List of paraphrases for "nutrition":

   nutritional, feeding, malnutrition, diet, nutrient, food, valeur, nourishment, eating, dietary, nutrition-related, ernährung, nutritious, feed, nutritionally, 'alimentation

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1. Tony Hofmann:

   Our goal this year was to raise funds to help 15 veterans and first responders to go through the Warriors Ascent program, the program teaches them mindfulness, proper nutrition, meditation, and really helps them train those with post-traumatic stress to overcome it.

2. Yasi Ansari:

   Identifying when Melissa Majumdar body starts to get hungry can help Melissa Majumdar better understand how to be most consistent with Melissa Majumdar nutrition and its timing to ensure Melissa Majumdar energy is stable throughout the day and Melissa Majumdar're supporting Melissa Majumdar body in meeting its needs.

3. Noreen Willows:

   It is likely that food insecure individuals are not able to manage Reuters Health through optimal nutrition due to the cost of food and factors such as living in neighborhoods that lack grocery stores that sell fresh food.

4. Kevin Watkins:

   If you're a parent faced with a choice of giving your children a square meal at the end of the day, or paying for the transport ... to send them to school ... you're likely to make a choice in favor of adequate nutrition.

5. Jessica Matthews:

   It’s not just about what you do in the gym, it’s how physical activity fits into a healthy lifestyle that includes nutrition, behavior modification and the body-mind connection.