| Main Entry: | diet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abstinence from food |
Synonyms: |
dietary, fast, nutritional therapy, regime, regimen, restriction, starvation, weight-reduction plan |
Antonyms: |
indulgence |
| 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: | diet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abstain from food |
Synonyms: |
count calories, eat sparingly, fall off, fast, go without, lose weight, reduce, skinny down, slim, slim down, starve, tighten belt, watch weight |
Antonyms: |
gorge, indulge |
| Main Entry: | bread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daily food |
Synonyms: |
aliment, bed and board, comestibles, diet, fare, feed, grub, necessities, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, provender, provisions, shingle, staff of life, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals |
| Main Entry: | convocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembly |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, conclave, concourse, confab, conference, congregation, congress, convention, council, diet, get-together, meet, meeting, powwow, synod, turnout |
| Main Entry: | council |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people assembled for purpose |
Synonyms: |
assembly, board, body, brain trust, cabinet, chamber, clan, committee, conclave, confab, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, diet, directorate, gang, gathering, governing body, groupthink, huddle, kitchen cabinet, meet, ministry, mob, official family, outfit, panel, parliament, powwow, ring, senate, synod |
| Notes: | counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain) |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | fast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abstention from eating |
Synonyms: |
abstinence, diet, fasting, xerophagy |
Antonyms: |
eating, feast, gluttony, gorging, stuffing |
| Main Entry: | fast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go without food |
Synonyms: |
abstain, deny oneself, diet, famish, forbear, go hungry, not eat, refrain, starve |
Antonyms: |
eat, glut, gorge, stuff |
| Main Entry: | food |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edible material |
Synonyms: |
aliment, bite*, board, bread, cheer, chow, comestible, cookery, cooking, cuisine, diet, drink, eatable, eats, entrée, fare, fast food, feed, fodder*, foodstuff, goodies, grit, groceries, grub, handout, home cooking, keep, larder, meal, meat, menu, mess*, moveable feast, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provision, ration, refreshment, slop, snack, store, subsistence, support, sustenance, table, take out, tuck, viand, victual, vittles |
Antonyms: |
beverage, drink |