| Main Entry: | edible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be eaten |
Synonyms: |
comestible, digestible, eatable, esculent, fit, good, harmless, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, savory, succulent, tasty, toothsome, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
harmful, inedible, poisonous, unpalatable |
| Main Entry: | diet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daily intake of food |
Synonyms: |
aliment, bite, comestibles, commons, daily bread, edibles, fare, goodies, grubbery, menu, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, provisions, rations, snack, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals |
| Main Entry: | eatable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be consumed |
Synonyms: |
appetizing, comestible, culinary, delicious, delish, dietary, digestible, edible, esculent, fit, good, harmless, kosher*, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, piquant, safe, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasty, tempting, wholesome, yummy* |
Antonyms: |
inedible, undelicious, uneatable, unpalatable, unwholesome |
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food served at meals |
Synonyms: |
commons, diet, eatables, eats, edibles, meals, menu, provision, rations, slop, sustenance, swill, table, victuals |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Main Entry: | grub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
Synonyms: |
chow, comestibles, eats, edibles, feed, nosh, nurture, provisions, rations, sustenance, viands, victuals, vittles |
| Main Entry: | meat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flesh of animal consumed as food |
Synonyms: |
aliment, brawn, chow, comestible, eats, edible, fare, food, foodstuff, grub, muscle, nourishment, nutriment, provision, ration, subsistence, sustenance, victual |
| Main Entry: | nurture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, nourishment |
Synonyms: |
breeding, care, diet, discipline, edibles, education, feed, food, instruction, nutriment, provender, provisions, rearing, subsistence, sustenance, training, upbringing, viands, victuals |
Antonyms: |
deprivation, ignorance, neglect, starvation |
| Main Entry: | potable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drinkable |
Synonyms: |
edible, palatable, safe to drink |
| Main Entry: | sustenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessities for existence |
Synonyms: |
aid, aliment, bacon, bread and butter, bread, comestible, daily bread, eatables, edibles, food, keep, livelihood, maintenance, nourishment, nutrition, pap, provender, provision, ration, refreshment, salt, subsistence, support, victual, wherewithal |
Antonyms: |
extras |
| Main Entry: | vegetable |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edible part of plant |
Synonyms: |
edible, green, greens, herb, herbaceous plant, legume, produce, root, salad, truck, yellow |