Nutritious

  • 21nutritious — nu·tri·tious n(y)u̇ trish əs adj providing nourishment * * * nu·tri·tious (noo trĭґshəs) [L. nutritius] affording nourishment or nutrition …

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  • 22nutritious — Synonyms and related words: alimental, alimentary, assimilable, balanced, beneficial, cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, commensal, dietetic, digestible, dining, eating, feeding, flesh eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous, good, grain… …

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  • 23nutritious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. nutritive, wholesome, digestible, nourishing. See food, health. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. nourishing, sustaining, nutritive, body building, alimentary, fortifying, healthy, wholesome, *good… …

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  • 24nutritious — nu tri·tious || nuː trɪʃəs /njuː adj. nourishing; healthy, wholesome …

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  • 25nutritious — adjective full of nutrients; nourishing. Derivatives nutritiously adverb nutritiousness noun Origin C17: from L. nutritius that nourishes + ous …

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  • 26nutritious — a.; (also nutritive) Nourishing, strengthening, whole some, nutrimental, alimental, nutrient …

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  • 27nutritious — adj nutritive, nourishing, alimentative, alimentary, alible, full of nutrients; life giving, life sustaining, health giving, healthy, healthful, wholesome, salutary, beneficial, good for you …

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  • 28nutritious — nu·tri·tious …

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  • 29nutritious — adjective Syn: nourishing, wholesome, good for one, full of goodness, healthy, health giving, beneficial …

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  • 30nutritious — nu•tri•tious [[t]nuˈtrɪʃ əs, nyu [/t]] adj. nut providing nourishment, esp. to a high degree; nourishing; healthful • Etymology: 1655–65; < L nūtrītius, nūtrīcius of a (wet) nurse, adj. der. of nūtrīx (s. nūtrīc ) nurse (cf. nurse); see ous… …

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