nutritious[adjective]Synonyms: nourishing, beneficial, health-giving, invigorating, nutritive, strengthening, wholesome
Antonyms: innutritious
Contrasted words: indigestible, bad, insalubrious, unhealthful, unwholesome
Related Words: good,
healthful,
salubrious,
salutary,
wholesome,
balanced [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
nu‧tri‧tious /njuːˈtrɪʃəs $ nuː-/
adjective[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: nutricius, from nutrix 'nurse']
food that is nutritious is full of the natural substances that your body needs to stay healthy or to grow properly:
Wholemeal bread is more nutritious than white bread. Nuts and fruit make nutritious snacks. The cookbook contains many simple yet highly nutritious meals. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲