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| Main Entry: | eatable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be consumed |
| Synonyms: | appetizing, comestible, delicious, digestible, edible, fit, good, harmless, kosher*, nutritious, palatable, piquant, safe, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasty, tempting, wholesome, yummy*, culinary, delish, dietary, esculent, nutritive |
| Antonyms: | inedible, unpalatable, unwholesome, undelicious, uneatable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | edible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be eaten |
| Synonyms: | comestible, digestible, eatable, fit, good, harmless, nourishing, nutritious, palatable, savory, succulent, tasty, toothsome, wholesome, esculent, nutritive |
| Antonyms: | harmful, inedible, poisonous, unpalatable |
| Main Entry: | food |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edible material |
| Synonyms: | bite*, board, bread, cheer, chow*, comestible, cooking, cuisine, diet, drink, eatable, eats*, entrée, fare, fast food, feed, fodder*, grit*, groceries*, grub*, handout*, keep, larder, meal, meat, menu, mess*, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provision, ration, refreshment, slop*, snack, store, subsistence, support, sustenance, table, tuck, vittles*, aliment, cookery, foodstuff, goodies, home cooking, moveable feast, take out, viand, victual |
| Antonyms: | beverage, drink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reliable; untainted |
| Synonyms: | dependable, eatable, flawless, fresh, intact, loyal, normal, perfect, safe, solid, sound, stable, trustworthy, unblemished, undamaged, unhurt, unimpaired, unspoiled, vigorous, whole, fit to eat, uncontaminated, uncorrupted, undecayed |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | noxious, rotten, tainted, unreliable |
| Main Entry: | eats |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | chow, comestibles, fare, grub*, nosh*, nourishment, nutriment, provisions, sustenance, victuals, vittles, eatables, meals, rations, snacks, tidbits |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food served at meals |
| Synonyms: | commons, diet, eats*, menu, provision, slop*, sustenance, swill*, table, victuals, eatables, edibles, meals, rations |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sustenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessities for existence |
| Synonyms: | aid, bacon*, bread*, bread and butter, comestible, food, keep, livelihood, maintenance, nourishment, nutrition, provender, provision, ration, refreshment, salt*, subsistence, support, wherewithal, aliment, daily bread, eatables, edibles, pap, victual |
| Antonyms: | extras |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | victuals |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food supplies |
| Synonyms: | bread, chow*, comestibles, eats, fare, feed, groceries*, grub, larder, meal, nourishment, provender, provisions, snack, supplies, viands, vittles, aliment, eatables, edibles, foodstuff, goodies, rations, refreshments |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vittles |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | chow*, comestibles, eats, fare, groceries*, grub, larder, meal, nourishment, provender, provisions, snack, viands, victuals, eatables, edibles, foodstuff, goodies, refreshments |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | nourishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
adipsous, alible, alimentary, alimonious, amophagous, amphivorous, androphagous, anthophilous, anthropophagous, apivorous, arachnivorous, baccivorous, batrachivorous, bibulous, biophagous, cannibalistic, carnivorous, cepivorous, coenaculous, comestible, coprophagous, creophagous, dietetic, dipsetic, eatable, edacious, edible, entomophagous, equivorous, esculent, euryphagous, eutrophic, foisoned, frugivorous, fucivorous, galactophagous, geophagous, graminivorous, granivorous, hematophagous, herbivorous, hippophagous, hylophagous, ichthyophagous, ichthyophagus, insectivorous, lactivorous, lacto, limivorous, lithophagus, lotophagous, mellivorous, merdivorous, monophagous, myrmecophagous, necrophagous, nucivorous, nutritious, nutritive, oligophagous, omnivorous, oophagous, ophiophagous, oryzivorous, ossivorous, ovivorous, panivorous, phthirophagous, phyllophagous, phyticorous, phytivorous, phytophagous, piscivorous, pleophagous, poculent, poltophagic, polyphagous, porcipophagic, potable, potulent, predaceous, ranivorous, sanguinivorous, saprophagous, sarcophagic, scatophagous, scolecophagous, seminivorous, subruminative, trophic, vegan, vegetarian, xerophagous, xylophagous
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