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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 While that may be hard to enforce, the goal is salutary. The Editors, National Review, 25 Mar. 2025 Whether Friday’s sharp intraday wobble on some tariff headlines was a sign that these salutary factors are losing their hold on the market is just one crucial question awaiting investors in February. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025 But melding such salutary principles with capitalism risks their being deleteriously diluted. By Charlie Campbell/gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025 The price surge had the salutary effect of easing the government’s debt burden, and the nation’s budget went into surplus for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salutary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salutary
Adjective
  • Torres and Mings offer beneficial attributes to Villa and the debate between who should start is nuanced and, quite simply, on a game-by-game basis.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • Based on these findings, Ahmed and Dr. Jeffrey Gordon from the Washington University at St. Louis developed a treatment that incorporates beneficial gut bugs that could be easily dispensed into food products by local producers.
    Charlotte Hu, Time, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Potential Risks Okra water is generally safe for most healthy adults.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 21 May 2025
  • This will enable you to see if the organization is financially healthy.
    Maayan Aviv, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • And to make matters even more favorable for Indiana, the Knicks looked a little worn out.
    Shakeia Taylor, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • The pressure to deliver favorable outcomes for clients can lead to chronic stress and anxiety.
    Raquel Gomes, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • The film topped Entertainment Weekly's 2022 list of Tom Cruise-starring projects ranked by grade, and came in just behind Born on the Fourth of July as containing Cruise's all-time best screen performance.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 May 2025
  • Instead, eating and preparing them may simply entail extra care and adherence to best food safety practices.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Tips for Making Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Keep these helpful tips in mind when making homemade strawberry shortcakes.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 May 2025
  • Valuation, famously, isn’t a helpful tactical input and multiples rarely come under severe attack when the Fed isn’t tightening, or recession isn’t nigh.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • Sandalwood has been used for thousands of years for olfactory, medicinal and spiritual purposes, such as during prehistoric ceremonies and for ancient Egyptian embalming.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
  • Inmates preferred what is called a fecal immunochemical test, which doesn’t have medicinal or dietary restrictions, according to the report.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike sitting, sleep promotes healthful, restorative processes that help regulate blood pressure, reduce inflammation, and support heart function, says Diaz.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 19 May 2025
  • However, many people find that gradual weight loss is achievable with a balanced approach—healthful eating, regular exercise, and sometimes medication.
    Brandi Jones, MSN-Ed, Health, 14 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • At a moment as troubled as this one, to escape from this time into time itself is somehow salubrious.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • 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

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“Salutary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salutary. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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