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How does the adjective salubrious contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of salubrious are healthful, salutary, and wholesome. While all these words mean "favorable to the health of mind or body," salubrious applies chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air.

cool and salubrious weather

When might healthful be a better fit than salubrious?

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

a healthful diet

When is it sensible to use salutary instead of salubrious?

Although the words salutary and salubrious have much in common, salutary describes something corrective or beneficially effective, even though it may in itself be unpleasant.

a salutary warning that resulted in increased production

When would wholesome be a good substitute for salubrious?

In some situations, the words wholesome and salubrious are roughly equivalent. However, wholesome applies to what benefits, builds up, or sustains physically, mentally, or spiritually.

wholesome foods
the movie is wholesome family entertainment

Examples of salubrious in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Charting Williams’ rise from clueless teenager in British mega-boy band Take That to solo superstar, there’s no talking heads and no glossing over the less salubrious moments in Williams’ 35-year-career, including his relationships, drug-taking and depression. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023 Friday also, in its salubrious dryness and absence of menacing clouds, freed us from fear of rain so fully as to encourage worry about drought. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 27 May 2023 The two candidates to emerge from February’s nonpartisan primary, Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas, are both Democrats but offer a genuine if not necessarily salubrious choice. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023 Hotels near train stations are not always the most salubrious but 25 Hours Hotel is certainly an exception. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for salubrious 

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“Salubrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salubrious. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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