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Adjectives (3)

adj. promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her"

good, salutary

adj. tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"

Fuzzynyms (54)

healthy, healthful, salubrious, good for you

adj. promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you"

good, beneficial, salutary

adj. tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"

expedient

adj. serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

helpful

adj. providing assistance or serving a useful function

helpful

adj. of service or assistance; "a child who is helpful around the house can save the mother many steps"

propitious

adj. presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs or success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration"

useful, utile

adj. being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

convenient

adj. suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient excuse for not going"

available

adj. obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; "kept a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is available through computers"; "available in many colors"; "the list of available candidates is unusually long"

nearby

adj. close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"

appropriate, advantageous

adj. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness

serviceable

adj. capable of being put to good use; "a serviceable kitchen gadget"

handy, easy to use

adj. easy to use; "a handy gadget"

accessible

adj. capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail"

ready, on tap, at hand

adj. available for immediate use; "extra personnel on tap"; "other sports and entertainment facilities are on tap"; "there are numerous projects on tap"

practical

adj. concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"

conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, contributive to

adj. tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"

positive, useful

adj. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"

healthy, healthful, salubrious, good for you

good, beneficial

adj. promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her"

wholesome

adj. conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"

robust

adj. physically strong

favorable, favourable

adj. encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"

willing, submissive, agreeable, amenable

adj. disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"

gracious, beneficent, benevolent

adj. doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history"

helpful

adj. providing assistance or serving a useful function

valuable

adj. having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; "another human being equally valuable in the sight of God"; "a valuable diamond"

valuable, worthful

adj. having worth or merit or value; "a valuable friend"; "a good and worthful man"

Synonyms (30)

profitable

adj. promoting benefit or gain; "a profitable meeting to resolve difficulties"

discriminatory, preferential

adj. manifesting partiality; "a discriminatory tax"; "preferential tariff rates"; "preferential treatment"; "a preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting"

anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal

adj. capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms

antimicrobic, antimicrobial

adj. capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

carminative, flatus-relieving

adj. relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)

purgative, cathartic

adj. emotionally purging

cathartic, psychotherapeutic

adj. emotionally purging

curative, healing, remedial, alterative, sanative, therapeutic

adj. tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"

drugless

adj. without the use of drugs; "drugless therapy"

healthy

adj. financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy"

medicative, medicinal

adj. having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs"; "medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties"

preventive, preventative, prophylactic

adj. preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"

restorative, recuperative

adj. promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise"

Antonyms (13)

disadvantageous, harmful

adj. constituting a disadvantage

destructive

adj. causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

injurious, bruising, deleterious, hurtful, noxious

adj. harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

subtle, insidious, pernicious

adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

ruinous, catastrophic

adj. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"

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