healthful
healthful is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. The healthful Spirit of thy grace. Book of Common Prayer.
- 2.Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned. Macaulay.
- 3.Well-disposed; favorable. [R.] Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agree
- air
- and
- assimilate
- bell
- benign
- better
- bill
- bloom
- bobbish
- body
- bracing
- brave
- buck
- can
- case
- clean
- climate
- cure
- daisy
- enjoy
- est
- eudiometer
- eupepsia
- excellent
- feather
- fine
- fire
- florid
- flourish
- flush
- for
- fresh
- full
- get
- good
- green
- hale
- hardy
- harmless
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is healthful.
- What is serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. The healthful Spirit of thy grace. Book of Common Prayer called?
- What is indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned. Macaulay called?
- What is well-disposed; favorable. [R.] Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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