healthful

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˈhɛlθfəl/ UK /ˈhɛlθfəl/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
conducive to good health; wholesome

They credited their longevity to a simple, healthful diet of grains and greens.

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Synonyms

1 adj · conducive to good health;... wholesome salubrious nourishing beneficial salutary nutritious

Opposites

unhealthfulunwholesome harmful noxious insalubrious

Word family

Forms healthfulnessunhealthful

Derived forms healthfullyhealthfulness

Related forms health healthy heal

Etymology

From health plus -ful; health derives from Old English hælth ('wholeness, soundness'), from hāl ('whole, sound'), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

hælth Old English *hailaz Proto-Germanic

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Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives

# healthful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈhɛlθfəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈhɛlθfəl

## Meanings
1. conducive to good health; wholesome

## Examples
- They credited their longevity to a simple, healthful diet of grains and greens.

## Synonyms
- wholesome
- salubrious
- nourishing
- beneficial
- salutary
- nutritious

## Antonyms
- unhealthful
- unwholesome
- harmful
- noxious
- insalubrious

## Derived Forms
- healthfully
- healthfulness

## Related Forms
- health
- healthy
- heal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hælth
- Root: *hailaz

## Etymology
From health plus -ful; health derives from Old English hælth ('wholeness, soundness'), from hāl ('whole, sound'), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

## AI Etymology
Healthful comes from health plus -ful; health derives from Old English hælth ('wholeness, soundness'), from hāl ('whole, sound'), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz. The etymological trail includes Old English hælth and Proto-Germanic *hailaz. As an adjective, healthful describes what is conducive to good health; wholesome. The same family is visible in derived forms such as healthfully and healthfulness and related forms such as health, healthy, and heal.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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