HEALTHFUL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conducive to good health of body or mind

Example:

Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

anthelminthic; anthelmintic; helminthic; parasiticidal (capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms)

antimicrobial; antimicrobic (capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms)

carminative; flatus-relieving (relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping))

cathartic; psychotherapeutic (emotionally purging)

alterative; curative; healing; remedial; sanative; therapeutic (tending to cure or restore to health)

drugless (without the use of drugs)

good; salutary (tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health)

medicative; medicinal (having the properties of medicine)

organic (simple and healthful and close to nature)

orthomolecular (designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals)

preventative; preventive; prophylactic (preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease)

recuperative; restorative (promoting recuperation)

Also:

antiseptic (thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms)

wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)

Antonym:

unhealthful (detrimental to good health)

Derivation:

healthfulness (the quality of promoting good health)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Free from filth and pathogens

Example:

a sanitary washroom

Synonyms:

healthful; sanitary