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How does the adjective salutary contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of salutary are healthful, salubrious, and wholesome. While all these words mean "favorable to the health of mind or body," salutary describes something corrective or beneficially effective, even though it may in itself be unpleasant.

a salutary warning that resulted in increased production

When could healthful be used to replace salutary?

The synonyms healthful and salutary are sometimes interchangeable, but healthful implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition.

a healthful diet

When might salubrious be a better fit than salutary?

While in some cases nearly identical to salutary, salubrious applies chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air.

cool and salubrious weather

In what contexts can wholesome take the place of salutary?

The words wholesome and salutary can be used in similar contexts, but wholesome applies to what benefits, builds up, or sustains physically, mentally, or spiritually.

wholesome foods
the movie is wholesome family entertainment

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of salutary Regulatory attempts like these reveal that salutary intentions and the realities of the market do not always align, and cast into doubt the feasibility of wholesale revolution in a food supply dependent on unhealthy food. Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 This is often celebrated as another salutary effect of creating jobs for people’s spouses. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024 To that end, the ever-gracious Greene always made a point of connecting people, but more in a salutary way than a pushy way. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024 That kind of give-and-take seems rare in national life at the moment, but Boot touches on other aspects of Reagan’s leadership that are anything but salutary. Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for salutary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salutary
Adjective
  • Though fluoride is seen as beneficial by medical experts, its use in drinking water has sparked a debate ignited by Kennedy, who has been a vocal opponent of fluoride use.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In theory, moving some greater amount of electronics manufacturing to U.S. soil could be a beneficial strategy.
    Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Justice for healthy relationships being the most romantic!
    Esther Kang, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Vulnerability is absolutely essential to healthy working relationships.
    Joe Altieri, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The assumption is the Wolves won’t be able to do that in each of their final five games, even with one of the league’s most favorable remaining schedules.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Negotiate favorable purchase prices, set competitive rental rates and minimize vacancy periods through effective property management.
    Ryan Barone, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • After a week full of monstrous swings, the S&P 500 posted its best weekly performance since November 23, while the Nasdaq saw its best week since November 2022, according to the financial data firm FactSet.
    Anne Marie Drummond Lee, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Shorts are the only categories whose winners are ineligible for best picture, acting, screenplay or any other major Oscar, due to their length.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This can be helpful for disputing charges and clearing your record.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The ability to easily reuse notes is more helpful than the ability to catalogue and archive memos.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The ‘Damu Ritual’ is a multi-sensory experience involving a steam room and rain shower followed by the application of mud sourced from the Austrian Alps and enriched with medicinal plants in homage to Damu.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • And yet there’s so many unbelievable medicinal properties that mushrooms that don’t even have psilocybin have to offer.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Focus on your diet and exercise routine: Eating a healthful, balanced diet and regularly exercising can help support your eye and overall health.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Then, with the Heat moving toward a more healthful menu, with a full-time nutritionist now in place, the cookies were gone.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Others wondered whether his election will have salubrious effects on Pakistan’s shambolic economy, foreign policy, or internal security.
    C. Christine Fair, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2018
  • Los Angeles Rams → Chelsea With the respective lures of Los Angeles and salubrious west London, both these clubs have a big market feel.
    Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025

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“Salutary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salutary. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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