Synonyms of salubrious

salubrious

adjective

sə-ˈlü-brē-əs 

as in healthy

beneficial to the health of body or mind

fresh air and exercise are always salubrious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healthy
• good
• medicinal
• healthful
• wholesome
• salutary
• nutritional
• restorative
• tonic
• refreshing
• sanative
• useful
• curative
• remedial
• advantageous
• corrective
• sanitary
• salutiferous
• rehabilitative
• hygienic
• recuperative
• clean
• nutritious
• rejuvenating
• alleviative
• antiseptic
• nourishing
• aseptic
• nontoxic
• rejuvenescent
• nonpoisonous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noxious
• harmful
• unhealthy
• unwholesome
• injurious
• damaging
• deleterious
• toxic
• pernicious
• unhealthful
• insalubrious
• infectious
• poisonous
• sickening
• insanitary
• unsanitary
• unhygienic

Synonym Chooser

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of salubrious

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

California’s salubrious climate, vigorous, entrepreneurial economy and guarantee of reproductive healthcare rights didn’t avert a population decline earlier in this decade. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025

The Austrian Southern Railway Company managers’ masterstroke was to promote Opatija as a spa town no less salubrious—and no less glamorous—than Nice, the prime destination for convalescents in the age of tuberculosis. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026

Since its 2017 inception on the doorstep of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, bucket-listers and Hollywood A-listers (allegedly) have flocked to this most salubrious of base camps for gorilla trekking. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2025

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