CHEWABLE Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

chewable

adjective

as in absorbable

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Recent Examples of chewable At Fleet Feet’s Columbus Circle store in New York, employees have noticed increased interest in moisture-wicking and cooling apparel, as well as high-electrolyte drink mixes, capsules and chewable tablets. — Nadia Neophytou, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Dried khat leaves can also be made into tea or a chewable paste, or it can be smoked or consumed on food. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Ensure that chewable cords and poisonous plants are far out of reach. — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Driving this boom is the idea that these chewable vitamins are a convenient, tasty way of improving general health—helped, as often happens, by some savvy marketing campaigns. — Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 23 July 2026 And as every dietitian quoted above stressed, no chewable, no matter how well-formulated, beats a plate of actual produce. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026 The state is alleging its inspectors visited Ashlynn Marketing Group’s facility in Santee in May 2025 and found kratom powders, capsules, liquids and chewable tablets being manufactured and held for sale. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 Most colostrum supplements come in powder, capsule, or chewable tablet form. — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 20 Apr. 2026 The small, chewable ice makes all the difference in texture. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026

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Enter collagen tripeptides, a newer generation of collagen supplements that have come to market and have been pegged as a more highly absorbable form.

— Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2026
Luckily, there have been technological advances in the form of absorbable mesh that can assist where the skin might not be able to.

— Kara McGrath, Allure, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of absorbable

Adjective

Across the islands, artisanal cheesemakers and farmers growing root vegetables and edible flowers are cultivating the region’s rich ecosystem.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Rather than swapping to a low-sodium diet, using a blend that features one particular peptide isolated from the edible Hypsizygus marmoreus mushroom could mean drastically reducing salt intake for your health, without sacrificing flavor.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of edible

Adjective

The Origin of Ingestible Devices The idea of a smart capsule has been around since the late 1950s, when researchers first experimented with swallowable devices to record temperature, gastric pH, or pressure inside the digestive tract.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
More recently, some transplants have been delivered in swallowable capsules.

— Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026

Definition of swallowable

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In addition to guidelines that prohibit explicit pro-eating disorder content, Instagram and TikTok have dedicated pages about getting help for eating disorders.

— Jordyn Tovey, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
Sporks have come a long way from their humble beginnings in Rhode Island, and as the traveler’s preferred eating utensil, they’re destined to go ever further.

— James Stout, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026

Definition of eating

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Cultures around the world have discovered, ritualized, and simply experimented with alcoholic drinks and ingestible drugs for millennia.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
Wearable—and ingestible—sensors have given scientists new ways to track athletes and test potential interventions.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of ingestible

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Nuts are portable, nutritious, and versatile—they’re the perfect choice for a quick snack or a healthy topping.

— Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 21 Oct. 2026
Keep Portions in Mind Even nutritious carbohydrates can raise blood sugar when portions are large.

— Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of nutritious

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Via a show kitchen, diners will be able to watch chefs prepare the tasting menu, inspired by a knotted garden, which is believed to always contain something green, in flower, or eatable.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
In 1998, blue was added, later followed by the options of eatable enticements using green and orange tones.

— Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2018

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