nutritious

nu·tri·tious

adj \nu̇-ˈtri-shəs, nyu̇-\

Definition of NUTRITIOUS

: nourishing

— nu·tri·tious·ly adverb

— nu·tri·tious·ness noun

Examples of NUTRITIOUS

1. The food was both nutritious and delicious.
2. <opted for a nutritious snack and bought an apple instead of a candy bar>

Origin of NUTRITIOUS

Latin nutricius, from nutric-, nutrix nurse, from nutrire to nourish — more at nourish

First Known Use: 1665

Related to NUTRITIOUS

Synonyms: nourishing, nutrient, nutritional, nutritive

Antonyms: nonnutritious, nonnutritive

Related Words: enriched, fortified; dietary, dietetic; beneficial, healthful, healthy, restorative, salubrious, salutary, wholesome

Near Antonyms: fattening; insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

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Rhymes with NUTRITIOUS

ambitious, auspicious, capricious, delicious, factitious, fictitious, flagitious, judicious, lubricious, malicious, officious, pernicious, propitious, pumiceous, seditious, sericeous, suspicious