English adjective: healthful | |||
1. | healthful conducive to good health of body or mind | ||
Samples | A healthful climate. A healthful environment. Healthful nutrition. Healthful sleep. Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance. | ||
Similar | alterative, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, antimicrobial, antimicrobic, carminative, cathartic, curative, drugless, flatus-relieving, good, healing, helminthic, medicative, medicinal, organic, orthomolecular, parasiticidal, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, psychotherapeutic, recuperative, remedial, restorative, salutary, sanative, therapeutic | ||
See also | antiseptic, wholesome | ||
Antonyms | unhealthful | ||
2. | healthful free from filth and pathogens | ||
Samples | Sanitary conditions for preparing food. A sanitary washroom. | ||
Synonyms | sanitary | ||
Similar | hygienic, hygienical | ||
Antonyms | insanitary, unhealthful, unsanitary | ||