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. Peter Hawkins:

   We're at risk of losing a generation through the lack of education, health and protection, schools, clinics, water facilities etc are deteriorating further and further which makes the life of children very difficult. (We're) seeing increasing signs of stunting. Nutrition is becoming a problem.

2. Shaheen Mistri:

   Child marriage has gone up, violence against children has gone up, nutrition is a huge issue as many of our children depend on school meals.

3. Charles Platkin:

   When they came on the scene, they really started paying attention to their food (and) they were the first to offer calorie and nutrition information.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   Its Senate Democrats only sure path to making a law with anywhere near the urgency these Americans deserve. It is the only bill on the table with any provision for the Midwest flooding, and, its the only bill on the table that could earn a presidential signature in time to deliver urgent relief on the nutrition assistance in Puerto Rico.

5. Ron Jeremy:

   Why isn't there a nutrition resource teacher in our schools? there are plenty of Ph.D's and master's in nutrition who would love that job. Start with the young people.