Meanings
comparative more nutritious · superlative most nutritious
- Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.
Synonyms: nourishing, nutritive
- figurativelySalutary.
A cumbrous, circuitous, and often a sophisticative mode of commenting upon the Prophets, and of darkening their meaning, had taken the place of what might have been a nutritious popular instruction.
1861, Isaac Taylor, The Spirit of the Hebrew Poetry, page 247
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveProviding nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or providing nourishment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinnūtrītius
- Englishnutritious
Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek τρόφιμος
- τρόφιμος (tróphimos)providing nutrients
Arabic مُغَذٍّ
- مُغَذٍّ (muḡaḏḏin)providing nutrients
Bengali পুষ্টিকর
- পুষ্টিকর (puśṭikor)providing nutrients
Catalan nutritiu, nutrient
- nutritiuproviding nutrients
- nutrientproviding nutrients
- nutriciproviding nutrients
- alimentósproviding nutrients
- alimentadorproviding nutrients
Chinese Mandarin 有營養 /有营养
- 有營養 /有营养 (yǒu yíngyǎng)providing nutrients
Czech výživný
- výživnýproviding nutrients
Danish næringsrig, nærende
- næringsrigproviding nutrients
- nærendeproviding nutrients
Dutch voedzaam
- voedzaamproviding nutrients
Finnish ravitseva, ravinteikas
- ravitsevaproviding nutrients
- ravinteikasproviding nutrients
French nutritif
- nutritifproviding nutrients
German nahrhaft
- nahrhaftproviding nutrients
Greek θρεπτικός
- θρεπτικός (threptikós)providing nutrients
Hebrew מֵזִין
- מֵזִין (mezín)providing nutrients
Hindi पोषक, पौष्टिक
- पोषक (poṣak)providing nutrients
- पौष्टिक (pauṣṭik)providing nutrients
Hungarian tápláló
- táplálóproviding nutrients
Irish beathúil
- beathúilproviding nutrients
Italian nutriente
- nutrienteproviding nutrients
Latin nūtrīcius
- nūtrīciusproviding nutrients
Norwegian Bokmål næringsrik
- næringsrikproviding nutrients
Polish pożywny, odżywczy
- pożywnyproviding nutrients
- odżywczyproviding nutrients
Portuguese nutritivo, nutriente
- nutritivoproviding nutrients
- nutrienteproviding nutrients
- nutritícioproviding nutrients
- alimentosoproviding nutrients
- alimentícioproviding nutrients
Russian пита́тельный
- пита́тельный (pitátelʹnyj)providing nutrients
Spanish nutritivo, nutriente
- nutritivoproviding nutrients
- nutrienteproviding nutrients
- alimentosoproviding nutrients
- alimentadorproviding nutrients
- alimenticioproviding nutrients
Swedish näringsrik, näringsriktig
- näringsrikproviding nutrients
- näringsriktigproviding nutrients
Tagalog mapaniya, masustansya
- mapaniyaproviding nutrients
- masustansyaproviding nutrients
Turkish besleyici
- besleyiciproviding nutrients
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nutritious
Cite this entry
nutritious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nutritious
“nutritious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nutritious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nutritious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nutritious.
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