healthful

CEFRB1

/hˈɛlθfəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Good for your health.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary.

Examples

  • More Vietnamese citizens are looking for food products that are healthful.

  • My goats are more healthful than this man's oxen will ever be.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Synonym of healthy (“evincing health”).

  2. Beneficial to bodily health.

More examples

In context

  • Hockey is an exciting and healthful form of exercise, well suited to college students […]

  • A Hindu manual of erotology suggests boiled ghee, drunk in the morning, in the spring time, as a healthful, strengthening beverage.

  • As he had been thinking for months about leaving his wife and had not done it because it would be too cruel to deprive her of himself, her departure was a very healthful shock.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

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