healthful
adjective
Saul Bellow
Synonyms
- good
- healthy
- medicinal
- restorative
- salubrious
- salutary
- salutiferous
- sanative
- tonic
- wholesome
Example Sentences
Jacqueline Stenson, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2022 This is the first Michigan location for Sweetgreen, noted for its commitment to healthful foods. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2022 Team One’s dog-friendly headquarters is just two miles from the beach in Playa Vista and include an on-site volleyball court and a HUMAN Healthy Vending Machine packed with healthful foods and drinks. Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014 In providing its employees with a safe and healthful workplace, an employer has other tools to address obnoxious third-party behavior falling short of a credible threat of violence. Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 Food justice to us is everybody having access to healthful, affordable food. Carmen Dianne, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022 Is there something healthful to revivals in the air up here? New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022 The result is a low-carb, no-cal dish that’s both colorful and healthful. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022 Turn just a handful of ingredients into tonight’s supper with this healthful recipe from former Nourish columnist Stephanie Witt Sedgwick. Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
healthful
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Medical Definition
healthful
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healthful
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- healthy
- good
- wholesome
- medicinal
- salubrious
- nutritional
- restorative
- salutary
- tonic
- refreshing
- sanative
- useful
- nutritious
- rejuvenating
- curative
- remedial
- corrective
- nourishing
- sanitary
- advantageous
- hygienic
- recuperative
- clean
- rehabilitative
- salutiferous
- alleviative
- nontoxic
- antiseptic
- aseptic
- rejuvenescent
- nonpoisonous
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- harmful
- unhealthy
- unhealthful
- unwholesome
- injurious
- deleterious
- noxious
- toxic
- damaging
- pernicious
- poisonous
- infectious
- insalubrious
- sickening
- unsanitary
- insanitary
- unhygienic
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of healthful are salubrious, salutary, and wholesome. While all these words mean "favorable to the health of mind or body," healthful implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition.
While in some cases nearly identical to healthful, salubrious applies chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air.
The words salutary and healthful can be used in similar contexts, but salutary describes something corrective or beneficially effective, even though it may in itself be unpleasant.
The synonyms wholesome and healthful are sometimes interchangeable, but wholesome applies to what benefits, builds up, or sustains physically, mentally, or spiritually.