Nearby Words
| Main Entry: |
victuals
 [vit-l] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food supplies |
| Synonyms: | aliment, bread, chow, comestibles, eatables, eats, edibles, fare, feed, foodstuff, goodies, groceries, grub, larder, meal, nourishment, provender, provisions, rations, refreshments, snack, supplies, viands, vittles |
| 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: | cater |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide, help |
| Synonyms: | baby, coddle, cotton, furnish, gratify, humor, indulge, minister to, outfit, pamper, pander to, procure, provision, purvey, spoil, supply, victual |
Example Sentences
- Our hut mates, who are cooking up a gourmet dehydrated meal, are a bit stunned to see we've carried such heavy victuals.
- They run largely to forays for victuals and fights with other aggressive animals.
- Often had he become so hungry while being made a fence of, that he had to steal victuals.
| 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: | eats |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | chow, comestibles, eatables, fare, grub, meals, nosh, nourishment, nutriment, provisions, rations, snacks, sustenance, tidbits, victuals, vittles |
| 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: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
| Synonyms: | banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual, wine and dine |
| Antonyms: | starve |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | chow, comestibles, eats, edibles, feed, nosh, nurture, provisions, rations, sustenance, viands, victuals, vittles |
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