HEALTHFUL


Meaning of HEALTHFUL in English

adjective

conducive or beneficial to the health or soundness of body or mind

regular exercise is a healthful practice

Synonyms: good, healthy, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, wholesome

Related Word: advantageous, beneficial, profitable, useful; corrective, curative, remedial; aiding, alleviative, helpful, mitigative, restorative, sanative

Contrasted words: insalubrious, unhealthy, unhygienic, unwholesome; damaging, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, injurious, mischievous, pernicious

Antonyms: unhealthful

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