Need another word that means the same as “nourish”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “nourish” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Nourish” are: aliment, nutrify, nurture, sustain, feed, provide for, maintain, cherish, foster, harbour, nurse, keep in one's mind, entertain, hold, have
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “nourish” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| aliment | Give nourishment to. |
| cherish | Protect and care for (someone) lovingly. I cherish the letters she wrote. |
| entertain | Provide entertainment for. Washington entertained little hope of an early improvement in relations. |
| feed | Feed into supply. I could feed my melancholy by reading Romantic poetry. |
| foster | Bring up under fosterage of children. Appropriate praise helps a child foster a sense of self worth. |
| harbour | Of a ship or its crew moor in a harbour. Patients who may have been harbouring tuberculosis. |
| have | Have gained a qualification. I don t have that much money on me. |
| hold | Have or hold in one s hands or grip. The auditorium can t hold more than 500 people. |
| keep in one's mind | Conform one’s action or practice to. |
| maintain | Maintain by writing regular records. Agricultural prices will have to be maintained. |
| nurse | Work as a nurse. He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly. |
| nurture | Provide with nourishment. My father nurtured my love of art. |
| nutrify | Give nourishment to. Burrowing crabs oxygenate and nutrify the peaty substrate. |
| provide for | Mount or put up. |
| sustain | (of a performer) represent (a part or character) convincingly. He sustained the role of Creon with burly resilience. |
| calorie | The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water through 1 C equal to one thousand small calories and often used to measure the energy value of foods. |
| commissariat | A stock or supply of foods. |
| consumption | A wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. Industrialized countries should reduce their energy consumption. |
| diet | Follow a regimen or a diet as for health reasons. A vegetarian diet. |
| dietary | A regulated or restricted diet. Dietary advice for healthy skin and hair. |
| dietitian | A specialist in the study of nutrition. |
| digest | A substance or mixture obtained by digestion. I cannot digest milk products. |
| edible | Any substance that can be used as food. The dinner was barely edible. |
| eutrophication | Excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life. He argued that the controlling factor in eutrophication is not nitrate but phosphate. |
| feed | An actor who gives a feed to a fellow performer. This dish feeds six. |
| healthy | In a good physical or mental condition; in good health. Healthy competition. |
| ingestion | The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating. The quiet ingestion of information. |
| intake | An amount of food, air, or another substance taken into the body. The first intake of women was in 1915. |
| nourishing | (of food) containing substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition. A simple but nourishing meal. |
| nourishment | The food necessary for growth, health, and good condition. Her nourishment of the orphans saved many lives. |
| nutrient | A substance that provides nourishment essential for the maintenance of life and for growth. Fish is a source of many important nutrients including protein vitamins and minerals. |
| nutriment | A source of materials to nourish the body. The bees reprocess the food and extract the last particle of nutriment from it. |
| nutrition | The branch of science that deals with nutrients and nutrition particularly in humans. A feeding tube gives her nutrition and water. |
| nutritional | Of or relating to or providing nutrition. Genetic engineering can alter the nutritional value of food. |
| nutritionist | A specialist in the study of nutrition. |
| nutritious | Efficient as food; nourishing. Home cooked burgers make a nutritious meal. |
| nutritive | Relating to nutrition. Nutritive food. |
| provender | Animal fodder. There s no one to carry your provender in brown paper bags to the boot of your car. |
| regimen | (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet. A regimen of one or two injections per day. |
| supplement | A supplementary component that improves capability. Multivitamin supplements. |
| sustenance | The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence. The sustenance of parliamentary democracy. |
| victuals | Any substance that can be used as food. |
| vitamin | A pill containing a specified amount of a particular vitamin or vitamins taken as a dietary supplement. Most people can get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet. |
| wholesome | Conducive to or characterized by moral well-being. A grin on his ugly wholesome face. |
| wholesomeness | The quality of being beneficial and generally good for you. |
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