food

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of FOOD

substances intended to be eaten <a simple, little restaurant with excellent food>

Synonyms bread, chow, chuck [chiefly West], comestibles, eatables, eats, edibles, fare, foodstuffs, grub, meat, provender, provisions, table, tucker [chiefly Australian], viands, victuals, vittles

Near Antonyms bane, poison, toxin, venom

something that maintains or stimulates the intellect <a fascinating, highly readable book that will serve as brain food for those long winter evenings>

Synonyms aliment, food, nourishment, pabulum

Related Words refection

Near Antonyms candy, fluff, pablum, pap, trash

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