[health.ful] adj (14c) 1: beneficial to health of body or mind
2: healthy "he felt incapable of looking into the girl's pretty, ~ face --Saul Bellow" -- health.ful.ness n syn healthful, wholesome, salubrious, salutary mean favorable to the health of mind or body. healthful implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition "a healthful diet". wholesome applies to what benefits, builds up, or sustains physically, mentally, or spiritually "wholesome foods" "the movie is wholesome family entertainment". salubrious applies chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air "cool and salubrious weather". salutary describes something corrective or beneficially effective, even though it may in itself be unpleasant "a salutary warning that resulted in increased production".