Word Meanings - VICTUALS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands. Then had we plenty of victuals. Jer. xliv. 17. (more info) pl. victuailles, fr. L. victualia, pl. of.

Additional info about word: VICTUALS

Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands. Then had we plenty of victuals. Jer. xliv. 17. (more info) pl. victuailles, fr. L. victualia, pl. of. victualis belonging to living or nourishment, fr. victus nourishment, from vivere, victum,

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VICTUALS)

• Ailment
• Food
• sustentation
• nutriment
• pabulum
• victuals
• provision
• meat
• sustenance
• nourishment
• Diet
• viands
• fare
• cheer
• regimen
• Provision
• Provisions
• Preparation
• arrangement
• produce
• supply
• anticipation
• food
• supplies
• edibles
• eatables

Related words: (words related to VICTUALS)

• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• SUPPLY
  LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial
• AILMENT
  Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• REGIMENTALS
  The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense. Colman.
• REGIMEN
  a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene. A syntactical relation between
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• PROVISIONARY
  Provisional. Burke.
• PROVISIONAL
  Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• CHEERINGLY
  In a manner to cheer or encourage.
• CHEERER
  One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.
• SUSTENTATION
  The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Sustentation fund , a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free
• REGIMENTALLY
  In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.
• CHEERFULNESS
  Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
• SUPPLYANT
  Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. Shak.
• REGIMENT
  A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten. Note: In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which is divided into brigades. Regiment of
• PROVISION
  A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation. (more info) 1. The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Shak. 2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought
• CHEERLESS
  Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser. Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; dicsconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn.
• PRODUCER
  A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel. (more info) 1. One who produces, brings forth, or generates. 2. One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• ASSAILMENT
  The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson.
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• MISARRANGEMENT
  Wrong arrangement.
• WAILMENT
  Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. Bp. Hacket.
• RESUPPLY
  To supply again.
• AVAILMENT
  Profit; advantage.
• IMPROVISION
  Improvidence. Sir T. Browne.