salubrious
/icons/point.icon HEALTHFUL, WHOLESOME, SALUBRIOUS, SALUTARY mean favorable to the health of mind or body.
HEALTHFUL implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition.
e.g. a healthful diet
WHOLESOME applies to what benefits, builds up, or sustains physically, mentally, or spiritually.
e.g. wholesome foods the movie is wholesome family entertainment
SALUBRIOUS applies chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air.
e.g. cool and salubrious weather
SALUTARY describes something corrective or beneficially effective, even though it may in itself be unpleasant.
e.g. a salutary warning that resulted in increased production
adjective
health-giving; healthy:
〈環境・気候などが〉(住むのに)心地よい, 健康的な
e.g. salubrious weather.
(of a place) pleasant; not run-down.
DERIVATIVES
salubriously adverb
salubriousness |səˈlo͞obrēəsnəs| noun
salubrity |səˈlo͞obrədē| noun
ORIGIN
mid 16th century: from Latin salubris (from salus ‘health’) + -ous.