Definition for Food:

• f[= oo]d, n. what one feeds on: that which, being digested, nourishes the body: whatever sustains or promotes growth.-- adjs. FOOD'FUL, able to supply food abundantly; FOOD'LESS, without food. [ A.S. fóda; Goth. fódeins, Sw. föda.]

Synonyms for Food:

• 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.
  •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.
  •table (noun)
  • meat and drink.

• 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.
  •product
  • produce.

Paraphrases for Food:

• Reverse Entailment

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

• Independent

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    Rescinded.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

• Other Related

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

Antonyms for Food:

• n.

  • food
    drink, beverage.
  • maintenance
    forsaking, desertion, neglect, ignorance.
  • nurture
    starvation, deprivation.

Food Sentence Examples:

• It was pretty good food, and there was enough of it for two; but the women would not say a word in answer to my questions.

• " I do not think so, Alurna," the first girl said, without taking her eyes from her food.

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.