SANATIVE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

sanative

adjective

ˈsa-nə-tiv

Definition of sanative

as in healthy

beneficial to the health of body or mind there's nothing like the sanative value of a good night's sleep

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Adjective

She has been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease that causes vision loss, and lupus, a disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues and organs instead of fighting germs, according to court records.

— Chase Jordan July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
And unlike day one of last season, which saw offensive lineman Bayron Matos get airlifted to a local hospital and cornerback Artie Burns suffer a significant knee injury, the Dolphins emerged healthy.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

Definition of healthy

Adjective

These Europeans did not similarly preserve the knowledge held by Caribbean communities about the plant’s medicinal uses.

— Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
Marmots, woodland creatures whose raw viscera are believed by Siberians to have medicinal properties, are not infrequently hunted by poachers and sold at wet markets.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Definition of medicinal

Adjective

Even the Brewers, the leaders for team ERA, added another good arm just for safe measure.

— Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Chef Iñigo Lavado spent years hopping between Europe’s best kitchens, including Alain Ducasse and Ferran Adriá, before opening his namesake restaurant in the neighboring city of Irún in 2004.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of good

Adjective

Duchamp’s habitual skepticism had the salutary effect of returning us to first principles.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
The most salutary was America’s Field Trip, a competition of a familiar kind, in which students between third and twelfth grade from across the states and territories submit drawings, prose, and essays.

— Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Definition of salutary

Adjective

Rich in sodium chloride, bromine and iodine, the salubrious streams that bubble up from the depths of the lake now feed the SPA & Thermal Garden (previously known as Aquaria) complex, with infinity pools overlooking the waterbody.

— Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
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

Definition of salubrious

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