What does nutritive mean?

nutritive means "of or providing nourishment".

How many syllables are in nutritive?

nutritive has 3 syllables: nu-tri-tive. The stress falls on "nu". In IPA it is /ˈnutɹətɪv/.

What is another word for nutritive?

Close synonyms include alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nutritive a common word?

nutritive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

nutritive — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
of or providing nourishment
“good nourishing stew”
Synonymsalimentary alimental nourishing nutrient nutritious
Similarwholesome

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