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FODDER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FODDER?

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Need another word that means the same as “fodder”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “fodder” in this overview.

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Fodder as a Noun
Definitions of "Fodder" as a noun
Synonyms of "Fodder" as a noun (6 Words)
Usage Examples of "Fodder" as a noun
Associations of "Fodder" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Fodder” are: cannon fodder, feed, food, foodstuff, herbage, pasturage

Fodder as a Noun

Definitions of "Fodder" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fodder” as a noun can have the following definitions:

Food, especially dried hay or straw, for cattle and other livestock.
Coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop.
Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire.
A person or thing regarded only as material for a specific use.

Synonyms of "Fodder" as a noun (6 Words)

cannon fodder	A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels.
feed	An actor who gives a feed to a fellow performer. A paper feed.
food	Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. Baby foods.
foodstuff	Consumer goods sold by a grocer. The people depend on sago starch as a basic foodstuff.
herbage	The right of pasture on another person’s land. After rain tall herbage* invariably collapses on to the paths.*
pasturage	Land used for pasture. The human species has only engaged in pasturage* for 12 000 to 15 000 years.*

Usage Examples of "Fodder" as a noun

Young people ending up as factory fodder.

Associations of "Fodder" (30 Words)

buffalo	Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including e g water buffalo Cape buffalo. The problem has buffaloed the advertising staff.
burro	Small donkey used as a pack animal.
camel	A fabric made from camel hair. A camel* coat.*
carnivore	Any animal that feeds on flesh. Terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb.
cat	A short tapered stick used in the game of tipcat. His mother called me an old cat.
cattle	Animals of a group related to domestic cattle including yak bison and buffaloes. So many head of cattle.
crop	Prepare for crops. The parsley will need protection to continue cropping through the winter.
cultivate	Raise or grow (plants), especially on a large scale for commercial purposes. Damp well cultivated soil.
dairy	A farm where dairy products are produced. I rely on soya as a substitute for dairy.
diet	Follow a regimen or a diet as for health reasons. Diet soft drinks.
dog	A wild animal of the dog family. She has dogged the door shut.
domesticate	Cultivate (a plant) for food. Mammals were first domesticated for their milk.
domesticated	(of an animal) tame and kept as a pet or on a farm. He is thoroughly domesticated.
donkey	A children’s card game involving exchanging cards.
elephant	The symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874.
goat	A wild mammal related to the goat such as the ibex. Just for once stop acting the goat.
graze	Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping. Cattle graze* on the open meadows.*
herbivore	Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants. Horses are herbivores.
herd	Move together like a herd. A herd* of elephants.*
legume	An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae. The new diet is high in fruit vegetables and legumes.
livestock	Any animals kept for use or profit. Markets for the trading of livestock.
omnivore	A person who eats all kinds of foods.
pachyderm	A very large mammal with thick skin, especially an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus.
piggy	A young pig. The piggy* fat cheeked little boy and his porcine pot bellied father.*
poultry	Domestic fowl, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. Anyone handling raw poultry* should wash their hands thoroughly.*
rhinoceros	Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
ruminant	Of or belonging to ruminants. He was destined to become a ruminant* a haunter of libraries.*
sheep	Woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat. Party members should not follow their leader like sheep.
shepherd	Tend sheep as a shepherd. As has been recognized throughout history money must be shepherded and safeguarded.
sow	Place seeds in or on (the ground. The night sky was sown with stars.