a. | 1. | Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; |
2. | Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; | |
3. | Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; | |
4. | Well-disposed; favorable. |
Adj. | 1. | healthful - conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance" Antonyms: unhealthful - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint" |
2. | healthful - free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom" Synonyms: sanitary |