ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nutritious

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /njuːˈtɹɪʃəs/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Nutritious is an adjective meaning (of food or drink) Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.

Meaning

(of food or drink) Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.

More Meanings

  1. (figurative) Salutary.

Example Sentences

A cumbrous, circuitous, and often a sophisticative mode of commenting upon the Prophets, and of darkening their meaning, had taken the place of what might have been a nutritious popular instruction.

Synonyms for nutritious

Depending on context, synonyms include nourishing, nutritive, wholesome, nutrient, alimentary.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nutritive, nourishing, alimentary, nutrient, wholesome, nutritional.

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