Synonyms for nutrition
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Noun
1. Nourishment
nourishment, feeding, sustenance, nutriment, aliment, alimentation, sustentation
Other
threpsology dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
Related words
- Word family
- nutritional nutritionally nutritionwise nutrient nutritious
Forms
- Plural
- nutritions → nourishments, feedings, sustenances, nutriments…
Choose the right word
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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- feeding While feeding only on hope, you can die of hunger.
- nourishment Oats are a multipurpose and valuable nourishment.
- sustenance Giraffes rely on acacia leaves for sustenance.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nutrition | steady | |
| feeding | falling | |
| nourishment | rising | |
| sustenance | rising | |
| nutriment | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- feeding2, aliment
- 9 letters
- nutriment
- 10 letters
- sustenance3
- 11 letters
- nourishment3, threpsology
- 12 letters
- alimentation, sustentation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (feeding2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- nutrition
- Italiano
- nutrizione
- Español
- nutrición