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healthful definition
healthful |
Grep of noun healthful healthfulness Overview of adj healthful The adj healthful has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) healthful -- (conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance") 2. sanitary, healthful -- (free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom") Antonyms of adj healthful 2 senses of healthful Sense 1 healthful (vs. unhealthful) unhealthful (vs. healthful) => crippling, disabling, incapacitating => infective, morbific, pathogenic => unhealthy => unmedicinal, unmedicative, unmedical, nonmedicinal Sense 2 sanitary (vs. unsanitary), healthful Similarity of adj healthful 2 senses of healthful Sense 1 healthful (vs. unhealthful) => anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal => antimicrobial, antimicrobic => carminative, flatus-relieving => cathartic, psychotherapeutic => curative, healing(prenominal), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic => drugless => beneficial, good, salutary => medicative, medicinal => preventive, preventative, prophylactic => recuperative, restorative Also See-> antiseptic#1; wholesome#1 Sense 2 sanitary (vs. unsanitary), healthful => hygienic, hygienical Attributes of adj healthful Familiarity of adj healthful healthful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj healthful healthful unhealthful Overview of adj healthful The adj healthful has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) healthful -- (conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance") 2. sanitary, healthful -- (free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom")
healthful definition