Antonyms for diet
ˈdaɪ ɪtdi·et

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1. diet

   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, fare, feed, fodder, food, forage, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, regimen, sustenance, viands, victuals

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. diet

   Antonyms:
   starvation, fasting, abstinence, gluttony, omnivorousness

   Synonyms:
   food, victuals, nourishment, viands, nutriment, sustenance, fare, cheer, regimen

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Fare
   • Fast
   • Legislature

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dietnoun

   a prescribed selection of foods

   Synonyms:
   dieting

2. dietnoun

   a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)

   Synonyms:
   dieting

3. dietnoun

   the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)

   Synonyms:
   dieting

4. diet, dietingverb

   the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)

   Synonyms:
   dieting

5. dietverb

   follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons

   "He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet"

6. dietverb

   eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight

How to use diet in a sentence?

1. Hogan Gidley:

   The President received a diet and exercise plan last year after The President annual physical, but The President admits The President has not followed it religiously.

2. Thomas Sedlak:

   For people predisposed to heart disease, we know that changes in diet and exercise can help stave off the disease, but there isn’t anything like that for severe mental disorders yet.

3. David Katz:

   If you eat a balanced diet, your body has what it needs.

4. Walter Willett:

   More than 800 million people have insufficient food, while many more consume an unhealthy diet that contributes to premature death and disease, if we can't quite make it, it's better to try and get as close as we can.

5. Amanda Kallen:

   The question is : If Marie Menke follow The Fertility Diet, will it treat or cure infertility ? I don't think Marie Menke can say that's the case.

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