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nutritious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of nutritious

nourishing, nutrient, nutritional, nutritive
Words Related to nutritious

enriched, fortified

dietary, dietetic

beneficial, healthful, healthy, restorative, salubrious, salutary, wholesome
Near Antonyms of nutritious

fattening

insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome
Antonyms of nutritious

nonnutritious, nonnutritive

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