beneficial B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl/ See IPA manual Freq #15167 Meanings 1 adj Helpful and good for someone or something. Recycling can be beneficial to the environment. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · helpful and good for... advantageoushelpfuluseful ↔ Opposites damagingdetrimentalharmfulharmlessinnocuousmaleficialnocuousundamaging Word family Forms beneficially Derived forms beneficialitybeneficiallybeneficialnesscardiobeneficialnonbeneficialrenobeneficialunbeneficial Etymology AI details From Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”). *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European beneficiālis la-lat beneficium Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # beneficial **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl/ **Frequency rank:** 15167 ## Meanings 1. Helpful and good for someone or something. ## Examples - Recycling can be beneficial to the environment. ## Antonyms - damaging - detrimental - harmful - harmless - innocuous - maleficial - nocuous - undamaging ## Derived Forms - beneficiality - beneficially - beneficialness - cardiobeneficial - nonbeneficial - renobeneficial - unbeneficial ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *dʰeh₁- - Root: beneficiālis - Root: beneficium ## Etymology From Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”). ## AI Etymology Beneficial comes from Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”). ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown