adj. Function: adjective
conducive or beneficial to the health or soundness of body or mind FF1C; regular exercise is a healthful practice FF1E;
Synonyms: good, healthy, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, wholesome
Related Words: 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