Good nutrition is vital for an infant's growth.
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Nutrition
/nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
Synonyms for "nutrition" (102 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (21)
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
basic nourishment
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
Verb(4 words)
Noun(14 words)
nourishment growthnourishmentsnurturenutrient absorptionnutrient contentnutrient uptakenutrimentnutritional valuesustainmentsustenancesustenancestrophicitytrophocitiesvictuals
Adjective(1 words)
nutritional sustainment
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: nourishment, aliment, alimentation, appetite, baking.
- Sentence evidence is available for nutrition, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "nutrition".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "nutrition"
Keep "nutrition" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "nutrition" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "nutrition", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "nutrition" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesbiological processdietary attributefoodfood propertyhealth factorlife processmetabolismnutrientorganic processphysiological processsciencescientific discipline
More specific
8 entriesabsorptionchemosynthesisdigestionenergy contentmineral contentphotosynthesisprotein contentvitamin content
Collocations
6 entriesadequate nutritionbalanced nutritionchild nutritiongood nutritionnutrition factsschool nutrition
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 56 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ushqim noun (nutrition)
Arabic
4 entries- إِطْعَام noun (nutrition)
- اِغْتِذَاء noun (nutrition)
- تَغْذِيَة noun (nutrition)
- غِذَاء noun (nutrition)
Armenian
1 entries- սնուցում noun (nutrition)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qida noun (nutrition)
- qidalanma noun (nutrition)
Belarusian
1 entries- харчава́нне noun (nutrition)
Bengali
1 entries- গেজা noun (nutrition)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хра́нене noun (nutrition)
Burmese
1 entries- အာဟာရ noun (nutrition)
Chinese
1 entries- 營養 /营养 noun (nutrition)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 營養 /营养 noun (nutrition)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 營養 /营养 noun (nutrition)
Czech
1 entries- výživa noun (nutrition)
Danish
1 entries- ernæring noun (nutrition)
Dutch
1 entries- voeding noun (nutrition)
Estonian
1 entries- toitumine noun (nutrition)
Finnish
1 entries- ravitsemus noun (nutrition)
French
1 entries- nutrition noun (nutrition)
Galician
1 entries- nutrición noun (nutrition)
Georgian
1 entries- კვება noun (nutrition)
German
3 entries- Ernährung noun (nutrition)
- Nahrung noun (nutrition)
- Nutrition noun (nutrition)
Greek
2 entries- διατροφή noun (nutrition)
- θρέψη noun (nutrition)
Hebrew
1 entries- תְּזוּנָה noun (nutrition)
Hindi
3 entries- खाद्य noun (nutrition)
- खाना noun (nutrition)
- पोषण noun (nutrition)
Hungarian
1 entries- táplálás noun (nutrition)
Icelandic
1 entries- næring noun (nutrition)
Indonesian
2 entries- gizi noun (nutrition)
- nutrisi noun (nutrition)
Irish
1 entries- oiliúint noun (nutrition)
Italian
1 entries- nutrizione noun (nutrition)
Japanese
2 entries- 営養 noun (nutrition)
- 栄養 noun (nutrition)
Kazakh
3 entries- азықтану noun (nutrition)
- тамақтандыру noun (nutrition)
- тамақтану noun (nutrition)
Korean
1 entries- 영양 noun (nutrition)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- азыктандыруу noun (nutrition)
- азыктануу noun (nutrition)
- тоюттандыруу noun (nutrition)
- тоюттануу noun (nutrition)
Latvian
1 entries- uzturs noun (nutrition)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mityba noun (nutrition)
Macedonian
2 entries- исхрана noun (nutrition)
- прехрана noun (nutrition)
Malayalam
1 entries- പോഷണം noun (nutrition)
Māori
1 entries- taioranga noun (nutrition)
Norwegian
1 entries- ernæring noun (nutrition)
Persian
2 entries- تغذیه noun (nutrition)
- غذا noun (nutrition)
Polish
3 entries- odżywianie noun (nutrition)
- pożywienie noun (nutrition)
- żywienie noun (nutrition)
Portuguese
1 entries- nutrição noun (nutrition)
Romanian
2 entries- nutrire noun (nutrition)
- nutriție noun (nutrition)
Russian
1 entries- пита́ние noun (nutrition)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prȅhrana noun (nutrition)
- ȉshrana noun (nutrition)
- и̏схрана noun (nutrition)
- пре̏храна noun (nutrition)
Slovak
1 entries- výživa noun (nutrition)
Slovene
1 entries- prehrana noun (nutrition)
Spanish
1 entries- nutrición noun (nutrition)
Swedish
2 entries- näring noun (nutrition)
- näringslära noun (nutrition)
Tagalog
3 entries- nutrisyon noun (nutrition)
- paniya noun (nutrition)
- paniyahan noun (nutrition)
Tajik
3 entries- тағзия noun (nutrition)
- хӯрок noun (nutrition)
- ғизо noun (nutrition)
Thai
1 entries- โภชนาการ noun (nutrition)
Turkish
1 entries- beslenme noun (nutrition)
Turkmen
1 entries- iýmitlenmek noun (nutrition)
Ukrainian
1 entries- харчува́ння noun (nutrition)
Uzbek
2 entries- boqish noun (nutrition)
- oziqlanish noun (nutrition)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dinh dưỡng noun (nutrition)
- sự dinh dưỡng noun (nutrition)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The vitamin pill contains abundant nutrition.
Source: tatoeba (60612)
She is careful about her child's nutrition.
Source: tatoeba (313982)
Good nutrition is also a science and, as such, can be learnt.
Source: tatoeba (522506)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "nutrition"?
Closest matches include nourishment, aliment, alimentation, appetite, baking.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "nutrition"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.