Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of nourish
comparative more nourishing · superlative most nourishing
- That provides nourishment; nutritious.
The Cleveland Clinic’s Sukol thinks the word “healthy” is confusing and should be replaced with the term “nourishing,” as some processed foods have been marketed as “healthy.”
2017 May 16, Jacqueline Howard, “‘Healthy’ foods have most of us confused, survey finds”, in CNNSynonyms: solid
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat provides nourishment; nutritious.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or providing nourishment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek θρεπτικός, τρόφιμος
- θρεπτικός (threptikós)that provides nourishment
- τρόφιμος (tróphimos)that provides nourishment
Bulgarian хранителен
- хранителен (hranitelen)that provides nourishment
Catalan nodridor
- nodridorthat provides nourishment
Chinese Mandarin 滋補 /滋补
- 滋補 /滋补 (zībǔ)that provides nourishment
Dutch voedzaam
- voedzaamthat provides nourishment
Finnish nutritiivinen, tanakka
- nutritiivinenthat provides nourishment
- tanakkathat provides nourishment
German nahrhaft, ernährend
- nahrhaftthat provides nourishment
- ernährendthat provides nourishment
Greek θρεπτικός
- θρεπτικός (threptikós)that provides nourishment
Hindi पोषक, पौष्टिक
- पोषक (poṣak)that provides nourishment
- पौष्टिक (pauṣṭik)that provides nourishment
Hungarian tápláló
- táplálóthat provides nourishment
Irish cothabhálach, beathúil
- cothabhálachthat provides nourishment
- beathúilthat provides nourishment
Italian nutriente, fortificante
- nutrientethat provides nourishment
- fortificantethat provides nourishment
Latin almus, nutricius
- almusthat provides nourishment
- nutriciusthat provides nourishment
Polish pożywny
- pożywnythat provides nourishment
Portuguese nutritivo
- nutritivothat provides nourishment
Romanian nutritiv, nutritor
- nutritivthat provides nourishment
- nutritorthat provides nourishment
Cite this entry
nourishing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nourishing
“nourishing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nourishing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nourishing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nourishing.
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