Antonyms for fodder
ˈfɒd ərfod·der

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1. foddernoun

   Synonyms:
   provender

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. fodder

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

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1. • Feed
   • Soldier

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fishnoun

   soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

   Synonyms:
   fresh fish, cannon fodder

2. fodderverb

   coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

   Synonyms:
   fresh fish, cannon fodder

3. fodderverb

   give fodder (to domesticated animals)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. foddernoun

   Synonyms:
   provender, forage, stover, ensilage

   Associated words:
   silo, ensile

How to use fodder in a sentence?

1. Tom Hanks:

   I will tell you, in' Forrest Gump,' all the stuff that we shot on the park bench in Savannah, Georgia... we were just shooting fodder for a possible narrative piece of it.

2. Amber Heards:

   I make this decision having lost faith in the American legal system, where my unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder.

3. Vinod Kumar:

   Normally this time of the year, we are a happy lot. Our granary is full and we clear all our dues by selling our produce, this year we lost everything. We are left with nothing. Neither food for us nor fodder for animals.

4. Paul Mumford:

   Many roads are closed so we can't get fodder to farmers who need feed, the fires have primarily killed the youngest in the herd. It will take years to rebuild.

5. Josh Pate:

   Even the downturn happening now is fodder for future seasons.

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