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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

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of salubrious 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 Red cabbage is more salubrious than green cabbage due to its pigmentation, indicating the presence of anthocyanins, which are present in all plant tissues in the red to purple spectrum. Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2024 Overall, however, short-term economic indicators seem to offer a salubrious outlook for company stock performance. Bruce Brumberg, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 His contention seems to have been borne out: research increasingly supports a salubrious effect of democratic governance. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for salubrious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salubrious
Adjective
  • Rather than bringing us together into one utopian public square and fostering a healthy exchange of ideas, these platforms too often create filter bubbles or echo chambers.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The key is regularly fueling your body with the right balance of protein, healthy fats, fiber, and complex carbs.
    Lauryn Higgins, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Warmer times are best for training a puppy, as much more time can be spent outside.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2025
  • His best figures of 4-19 came in a fiery spell against Worcestershire.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Researchers from the National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University have uncovered a potent new compound in a rare medicinal mushroom found only among the island's mountainous forests, which has a double-threat – fighting both cancer and inflammation.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Saw palmetto berries are coveted for their medicinal purposes, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • For anyone who feels healthful food is bland or boring, Santavicca encourages them to come and try their food.
    Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The light was believed to be the cure for tuberculosis, a miraculous ingredient to ensure healthful longevity, and later, what turned celluloid reels into movie magic.
    Sam Bloch August 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Salubrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salubrious. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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