Synonyms for nourishing
nour·ish·ing

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1. alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritiveadjective

   of or providing nourishment

   "good nourishing stew"

   Synonyms:
   nutrient, nutritious, alimentary, nutritive, alimental

   Antonyms:
   unwholesome

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1. nourishingnoun

   Synonyms:
   nutrition

2. nourishingadjective

   Synonyms:
   nutritious, nutritive, strengthening, invigorating, healthful, wholesome

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1. nourishingadjective

   Synonyms:
   nutritious

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1. List of paraphrases for "nourishing":

   nutritious

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1. Walt Whitman:

   Press close bare-bosomed night -- press close magnetic nourishing night! Night of south winds! night of the large few stars! Still nodding night! mad naked summer night.

2. Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal":

   I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.

3. Plato:

   Remember how in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for he has hold not of an image but of a reality), and bringing forth and nourishing true virtue to become the friend of God and be immortal, if mortal man may.N.B. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. See also Napoleon Bonaparte.

4. Mickey Mehta:

   Free yourself from counting calories and start nourishing yourselves with wholesomeness. Wholesome food influences your thought, attitude, behavior, and spoken words. Eat, enjoy, exercise and MickeyMize your life.

5. Jill Castle:

   I teach the 90/10 Rule for the appropriate balance of nourishing foods and sweets and treats, which equates to one to two normal-sized portions of sweets or treats each day, on average.