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What is another word for Food?

• nourishment

  power, feed

• fare

  nourishment, room and board

• grub

  cooking, nourishment

• sustenance

  nourishment, care for

• chow

  cooking, nourishment

• meat

  nourishment, victuals

• bread

  care for, ingestion

• victuals

  cheer, cooking

• eats

  room and board, repast

• provisions

  foodstuffs, cheer

• aliment

  care for, comestibles

• diet

  power, nutrition

• provender

  comestibles, ingestion

• nutriment

  care for, nutritive

• feed

  fodder, edible material

• meal

  power, cooking

• nutrition

  power, repast

• fodder

  feed, eating

• comestibles

  cooking

• edibles

  provision, foodstuffs

• foodstuff

  ingestion, edible material

• rations

  foodstuffs

• foodstuffs

  provision

• viands

  victuals

• eatables

  eats

• subsistence

  accommodation, sustenance

• pabulum

  care for, ingestion

• cuisine

  edible material

• board

  room and board, edible material

• ration

  portion, dieting

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• n.

  •
  • albumin,
  • butterfat,
  • additive,
  • carbohydrate,
  • colouring,
  • curd,
  • aspartame,
  • coloring,
  • ascorbic acid,
  • caffeine.
  •
  • eats,
  • comestible,
  • pap,
  • Esculent,
  • edible.
  •
  • care for.

  • board (noun)

  • mess.

  • boiled meal (noun)

  • musher.

  • cud (noun)

  • quid,
  • bolus,
  • Boluses,
  • quids,
  • rumen.

  • diet (noun)

  • diet.

  • dish (noun)

  • helping,
  • course,
  • serving,
  • recipe.

  • flesh (noun)

  • brawn,
  • muscle,
  • beef,
  • thews,
  • fat,
  • Cells,
  • weight.

  • fodder (noun)

  • grass,
  • grain,
  • straw,
  • hay.

  • food (noun)

  • grit,
  • meal,
  • snack,
  • eatable,
  • tuck,
  • fare,
  • grub,
  • slop,
  • table,
  • home cooking,
  • cookery,
  • take out,
  • nourishment,
  • store,
  • drink,
  • comestibles,
  • handout,
  • goodies,
  • larder,
  • food for thought,
  • intellectual nourishment,
  • board,
  • bread,
  • moveable feast,
  • support,
  • viand,
  • cuisine,
  • foodstuff,
  • fast food,
  • refreshment,
  • feed,
  • keep.

  • fuel (noun)

  • incitement,
  • ammunition,
  • encouragement,
  • combustibles,
  • material,
  • juice,
  • means,
  • gas,
  • provocation,
  • electricity,
  • propellant,
  • propellants,
  • combustible.

  • maintenance (noun)

  • alimony,
  • bread and butter,
  • conservation,
  • prolongation,
  • continuation,
  • upkeep,
  • keeping,
  • supply,
  • wherewithal,
  • continuance,
  • livelihood,
  • Resources,
  • living,
  • Carrying,
  • preservation,
  • Sustaining,
  • allowance,
  • salt,
  • repairs,
  • bacon,
  • care.

  •

  • bill of fare,
  • spread,
  • card.

  • nourishment (noun)

  • cake,
  • iron,
  • pastry,
  • candy,
  • protein,
  • jam,
  • starches,
  • fibers,
  • Carbohydrates,
  • jelly,
  • soup,
  • dessert,
  • Proteids,
  • meal For food in the menu,
  • butter,
  • oil,
  • Vitamins,
  • fish,
  • minerals,
  • comfort food,
  • Sugars,
  • Oils,
  • egg,
  • haute cuisine,
  • salts,
  • cheese,
  • meat and drink,
  • spice,
  • nut,
  • fruit,
  • pudding,
  • flavoring,
  • salad,
  • soul food,
  • fowl,
  • milk.

  • nurture (noun)

  • discipline,
  • instruction,
  • breeding,
  • upbringing,
  • education,
  • training,
  • rearing.

  • nutrient (noun)

  • vitamin,
  • mineral.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • subsistence,
  • supplies,
  • sustainment,
  • plasms,
  • refection,
  • carte,
  • cartes,
  • Corns,
  • plasmas,
  • silages,
  • animal food,
  • oatmeal,
  • meals,
  • nutrient,
  • daily bread,
  • meeds,
  • Retainment,
  • sustenance,
  • meed,
  • ration,
  • protoplasm,
  • corn,
  • edibles,
  • messes,
  • plasm,
  • vittles,
  • silage,
  • flesh and blood,
  • carryings,
  • fatness,
  • pasturage,
  • nurture,
  • meat,
  • corpuscles,
  • piece of action,
  • SINEWS,
  • Protoplasms,
  • cud,
  • fuel,
  • Recipes,
  • carte du jour,
  • eatables,
  • food,
  • flesh,
  • menu,
  • barleys,
  • barley,
  • corpuscle,
  • Fats,
  • maintenance,
  • dish,
  • provisions,
  • Sustention,
  • Foods,
  • fodder,
  • plasma.

  • provisions (noun)

  • pro-visions,
  • pro visions.

  • ration (noun)

  • piece action.

  • repast (noun)

  • refections.

  • subsistence (noun)

  • in dependence,
  • in comes,
  • in come,
  • sub stance,
  • in-come,
  • in-dependence,
  • in dependences,
  • sub stances,
  • in-dependences,
  • sub-stances,
  • sub-stance.

  • supplies (noun)

  • replenishments,
  • replenishment.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)

  • bite,
  • accommodation,
  • cooking,
  • cheer.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • salmon,
  • broth,
  • Groceries,
  • melon,
  • ambrosia,
  • chow,
  • tucker,
  • sauce,
  • stew,
  • string bean,
  • victual,
  • sweet potato,
  • mush,
  • specialty,
  • smorgasbord,
  • tiffin,
  • nosh,
  • junk food,
  • leftovers.
  •
  • delicacy,
  • concoction,
  • platter,
  • entree.
  •
  • sitting,
  • relief.
  •
  • plate.

  • citrus fruit

  • lemon.

  • flapjack

  • pancake.

  • nectar

  • honey.

  • Other relevant words:

  • liveliness,
  • livestock,
  • strength,
  • mushroom,
  • plant,
  • victuals,
  • assimilation,
  • forage,
  • pabulum,
  • stamina,
  • rations,
  • life,
  • activity,
  • intake,
  • aliment,
  • essence,
  • potency,
  • vigour,
  • consumption,
  • provision,
  • vivacity,
  • energy,
  • nutriment,
  • cultivar,
  • animal,
  • sustentation,
  • nutrition,
  • vitality,
  • alimentation,
  • provender,
  • power.

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • ablation,
  • pasta,
  • rank and file,
  • cadaver,
  • prospectus,
  • construct,
  • apprehension,
  • Quina,
  • pie,
  • amuse,
  • confectionery,
  • Pikeman,
  • corse,
  • relics,
  • dust,
  • clay,
  • dine,
  • abduction,
  • infantry,
  • coax,
  • staples,
  • write,
  • ensign,
  • dissipate,
  • congress,
  • expend,
  • ingesta,
  • collation,
  • defunct,
  • eat,
  • commons,
  • carcass,
  • refreshments,
  • mummy,
  • cannon fodder,
  • alimentary,
  • delicatessen,
  • nutritional,
  • protocol,
  • gobble up,
  • withdrawal,
  • assuage,
  • ado,
  • officer,
  • carrion,
  • Bouche,
  • creature,
  • raven,
  • nutrients,
  • cram,
  • corpse,
  • stuff,
  • forecast,
  • substantial,
  • platform,
  • subvention,
  • farmers’ market,
  • tea,
  • viands,
  • capture,
  • halberdier,
  • full meal,
  • luncheon,
  • Chips,
  • nutritious,
  • legionary,
  • manna,
  • greengrocer,
  • square meal,
  • peon,
  • Reliquiae,
  • ticket,
  • nutritive,
  • produce,
  • substantial meal,
  • feeding,
  • Ademption,
  • remains,
  • entice,
  • Deprehension,
  • gorge,
  • lancer,
  • solid food,
  • subtraction,
  • creature comfort,
  • Eutrophy,
  • regimen,
  • appropriation,
  • nourishing,
  • appease,
  • bait,
  • corrode,
  • seizure,
  • plank,
  • earth,
  • absorb,
  • sharpshooter,
  • entertainment,
  • slate,
  • health food,
  • weave,
  • bowman,
  • caption,
  • Sepoy,
  • stockpile,
  • grenadier,
  • musketeer,
  • overgorge,
  • commissariat,
  • abstraction,
  • stores,
  • foodstuffs,
  • compose,
  • devour,
  • sago,
  • hearty meal,
  • bones,
  • draw,
  • titbit,
  • staff of life,
  • bakery,
  • restorative,
  • bakeshop,
  • applaud,
  • subaltern,
  • expropriation,
  • carabineer,
  • Prog,
  • gulp,
  • swallow,
  • potables,
  • engorge,
  • reception,
  • Spearman,
  • candy store,
  • Abreption,
  • legionnaire,
  • base of operations,
  • trophic,
  • room and board,
  • Ashes,
  • quantity,
  • skirmisher,
  • supper,
  • Jager,
  • taking,
  • chyme,
  • allay,
  • programme,
  • compile,
  • Prensation,
  • butcher shop,
  • private soldier,
  • supermarket,
  • subject of thought,
  • commander,
  • skeleton,
  • prehension,
  • dietetic,
  • blowout,
  • infantryman,
  • rice,
  • guttle,
  • private,
  • business,
  • stock,
  • dietary,
  • pub grub,
  • deglutition,
  • Yager,
  • grocery,
  • spend,
  • rifleman,
  • bolt,
  • scoff,
  • foot soldier,
  • trooper,
  • animal feed,
  • dairy,
  • build,
  • Fusileer,
  • archer,
  • consume,
  • gormandize,
  • guzzle,
  • bill.

How to use «Food» in context?

When people think about food, they might think about what they ate for lunch, dinner, or breakfast. They might also think about what kind of food they would like to eat for their next meal.Food is something that we all need to eat to stay alive. Food can come from many different sources, including plants, animals, and even air. Food can be either healthy or unhealthy.Healthy food includes foods that are low in fat, sodium, and calories. Unhealthy food, on the other hand, includes foods that are high in fat, sodium, and calories.

Paraphrases for Food:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    diet, dietary, foodstuff, nutrition, foodstuffs.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    diet, dietary, fodder, foodstuff, nourishment, seafood, fast-food, food-processing.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    feeding, nutritional, Children, Its, Les, Mains, Ships, settlements, approaches, methods, therapies, tags, components, fuels, methodologies, farmers, outputs, individuals.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    forage, foraging, gastronomic, gastronomy, Addenda, Les, fuelling, feedingstuff.
  • Verb, past tense
    Rescinded.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    appears.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    eating, feed, rations, feeds, aliments.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    eating, feed, feeding, gourmet, nutrition, ration, snack, feeds.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    amounts, feeds.

Hypernym for Food:

• n.

  • tops
    alimentation, fare, medium, beverage, micronutrient, feed, water, vitellus, provender, food product, nutriment, comestible, yolk, comfort food, aliment, manna from heaven, viands, culture medium, victuals, pabulum, sustenance, provisions, commissariat, edible, victual, chyme, soul food, nutrition, manna, eatable, miraculous food, drink, nourishment, potable, drinkable, foodstuff.

Hyponym for Food:

• n.

  • tops
    substance.

Meronym for Food:

• n.

  • tops
    solid food, food.