nutritious

nutritious

adjective

Definition of NUTRITIOUS

providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth <opted for a nutritious snack and bought an apple instead of a candy bar>

Synonyms nourishing, nutrient, nutritional, nutritive

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

Near Antonyms fattening; insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

Antonyms nonnutritious, nonnutritive