Definition of Healthful

1. Adjective. Conducive to good health of body or mind. "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"


2. Adjective. Free from filth and pathogens. "A sanitary washroom"
Exact synonyms: Sanitary
Similar to: Hygienic, Hygienical
Derivative terms: Healthfulness, Sanitariness
Antonyms: Unsanitary

Definition of Healthful

1. a. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

Definition of Healthful

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Healthful

1. 1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant. 2. 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) 3. Indicating, characterised by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. "A mind . . . Healthful and so well-proportioned." (Macaulay) 4. Well-disposed; favorable. "Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Healthful

healing
healing(p)
healings
healing by first intention
healing by second intention
healing by third intention
healing herb
heals
healsome
health
health
healthcare
healthcare delivery
healthcare facility
healthful (current term)
healthful (current term)
healthfulness
healthfulnesses
healthier
healthiest
healthily
healthiness
healthiness
healthinesses
healths
healthy
healthy
healthy worker effect
health and human services
Health and Human Services

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