nutritive

nutritive

adjective

Definition of NUTRITIVE

providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth <some people contend that whole wheat bread is significantly more nutritive than white bread>

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