English Explanatory Dictionary

healthful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Beneficial to bodily health.
  2. Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary.
  3. Synonym of healthy (“evincing health”).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

healthful healthfuller more healthful healthfullest most healthful healthfull

Etymology

From Middle English helthful, helþful, helþeful, equivalent to health + -ful.

Synonyms

healthy salubrious salutary wholesome

Related words

heal health healthy

Derived words

healthfully healthfulness unhealthful
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