caloric
3 synonyms for caloric, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Connected with calories.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Connected with calories.
“This strategy, known as caloric restriction, has been shown to increase the life span of various organisms and reduce their rate of cancer and other age-related ailments.”
Etymology
Formed from calorie and -ic. It also traces to French calorique, coined by the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor ("heat").
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