Synonyms for nutritive
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Nutritious — nourishing, providing nutrition
nutritious, nourishing, nutrient, wholesome, alimentary, alimental
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Nourishing, providing nutrition.
Related words
- Word family
- nutritively nutritiveness
Example sentences
- nutrient Ziri wrote his thesis about nutrient absorption.
- wholesome Tom is the most wholesome person you'll ever meet.
- nutritious You should eat something a little more nutritious.
- nourishing This fish is inexpensive but nourishing.
- nutritional Vegan food tastes delicious with nutritional yeast.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nutritive | falling | |
| nutrient | steady | |
| wholesome | steady | |
| nutritious | rising | |
| nourishing | rising | |
| nutritional | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- nutrient3
- 9 letters
- wholesome2, alimental
- 10 letters
- nutritious3, nourishing3, alimentary5
- 11 letters
- nutritional4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nutrient3 = 3 syllables).