Synonyms of nourishing

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adjective

ˈnər-i-shiŋ 

as in nutritive

providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth

milk should be part of a nourishing breakfast

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nutritive
• nutritional
• nutritious
• dietary
• nutrient
• healthy
• beneficial
• enriched
• healthful
• fortified
• wholesome
• salutary
• restorative
• dietetic
• salubrious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonnutritive
• fattening
• unhealthy
• unwholesome
• unhealthful
• nonnutritious
• insalubrious

nourishing

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verb

present participle of nourish

1

as in cultivating

to help the growth or development of

wanted to nourish her students' love of art

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivating
• promoting
• encouraging
• fostering
• nurturing
• advancing
• furthering
• forwarding
• assisting
• incubating
• supporting
• advocating
• nursing
• aiding
• upholding
• endorsing
• funding
• financing
• subsidizing
• backing
• underwriting
• championing
• working (for)
• advertising
• abetting
• boosting
• patronizing
• endowing
• plugging
• staking
• publicizing
• agitating (for)
• campaigning (for)
• touting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• inhibiting
• hindering
• discouraging
• prohibiting
• forbidding
• frustrating
• fighting
• opposing
• combating
• enjoining
• proscribing
• countering
• banning
• outlawing
• interdicting
• barring
• contending (with)
• suppressing
• battling
• subduing
• repressing
• stifling
• checking
• retarding
• arresting
• squashing
• halting
• interfering (with)
• impeding
• obstructing
• squelching
• encumbering
• hobbling
• snuffing (out)
• shackling
• fettering
• manacling

2

as in sustaining

to supply with nourishment

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sustaining
• nurturing
• satisfying
• feeding
• filling
• replenishing
• suckling
• satiating
• fortifying
• strengthening
• catering
• sating
• nursing
• cloying
• provisioning
• surfeiting
• boarding
• victualing

3

as in raising

to bring to maturity through care and education

he willingly nourished a child that was not his own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raising
• nurturing
• fostering
• breeding
• teaching
• promoting
• cultivating
• feeding
• rearing
• educating
• nursing
• bringing up
• watching
• supplying
• attending
• disciplining
• mothering
• cradling
• fathering
• enlightening
• instructing
• ministering (to)
• preparing
• training
• providing (for)
• guiding
• furthering
• edifying
• caring (for)
• mentoring
• leading
• forwarding
• schooling
• advancing
• indoctrinating
• showing
• tutoring
• directing
• shepherding
• minding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abusing
• mistreating
• ignoring
• neglecting
• maltreating
• mishandling
• ill-treating
• harming
• ill-using
• hurting
• injuring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nourishing

Adjective

Grounding, purifying, and nourishing treatments go way beyond skin-deep and really leave you feeling different. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

No, on Thursday night, the NFL gave us something even more spiritually nourishing. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026

Verb

Last is nourishing skin with the Dry Body Oil, made from 100% natural pure botanical oils to firm, hydrate and protect skin with a mess-free spray applicator. — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Prime lips for a perfectly smooth, even application using the 3-in-1 Lip Scrub pen, which gently scrubs away dead skin with super-fine sugar granules and keeps lips hydrated with nourishing shea butter and algae. — ABC News, 19 May 2026