Synonyms of nourished

nourished 1 of 2

adjective

as in healthy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healthy
• hale
• hearty
• fit
• beefy
• plump
• brawny
• burly
• husky
• fleshy
• obese
• chubby
• overweight
• pudgy
• corpulent
• stocky
• rotund
• fat
• thickset
• flabby
• tubby
• heavyset
• portly
• soft
• roly-poly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• starved
• malnourished
• undernourished
• underfed
• skeletal
• emaciated
• wasted
• haggard
• gaunt
• thin
• cadaverous
• skinny
• bony
• scrawny
• sinewy
• spare
• lanky
• rawboned
• lank
• scraggy
• boney

nourished

2 of 2

verb

past tense of nourish

1

as in cultivated

to help the growth or development of

wanted to nourish her students' love of art

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivated
• encouraged
• nurtured
• promoted
• fostered
• incubated
• forwarded
• advanced
• furthered
• nursed
• supported
• assisted
• advocated
• funded
• endorsed
• upheld
• financed
• championed
• indorsed
• aided
• backed
• endowed
• patronized
• subsidized
• staked
• abetted
• advertised
• worked (for)
• publicized
• wrought (for)
• boosted
• plugged
• underwrote
• agitated (for)
• touted
• campaigned (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraged
• inhibited
• hindered
• frustrated
• prevented
• prohibited
• opposed
• enjoined
• proscribed
• fought
• barred
• forbade
• banned
• outlawed
• suppressed
• countered
• combated
• repressed
• stifled
• subdued
• contended (with)
• checked
• arrested
• battled
• squashed
• combatted
• interdicted
• halted
• impeded
• retarded
• forbad
• encumbered
• squelched
• obstructed
• fettered
• interfered (with)
• shackled
• hobbled
• snuffed (out)
• manacled

2

as in sustained

to supply with nourishment

we've always been nourished by such good food when staying at their house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sustained
• nurtured
• satisfied
• fed
• satiated
• sated
• suckled
• replenished
• filled
• surfeited
• strengthened
• fortified
• catered
• nursed
• cloyed
• boarded
• provisioned
• victualled
• victualed

3

as in nurtured

to bring to maturity through care and education

he willingly nourished a child that was not his own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nurtured
• raised
• fostered
• bred
• reared
• taught
• fed
• cultivated
• nursed
• educated
• promoted
• brought up
• watched
• attended
• cradled
• disciplined
• enlightened
• supplied
• trained
• fathered
• instructed
• mothered
• prepared
• provided (for)
• schooled
• edified
• guided
• led
• mentored
• indoctrinated
• forwarded
• tutored
• ministered (to)
• minded
• cared (for)
• showed
• directed
• furthered
• advanced
• shepherded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abused
• mistreated
• ignored
• neglected
• maltreated
• mishandled
• ill-treated
• injured
• hurt
• harmed
• ill-used