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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanative
Adjective
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The hope for a big payout could lead kidnappers to keep the victim healthy.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026 -
The crux of this formula is keratin, a protein shown to be vital to healthy and relatively more youthful nails.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Garlic Although garlic is technically a vegetable, it's often known as a medicinal herb or spice due to its culinary uses and health benefits.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
5 Feb. 2026
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Engineering a desert-ready rubber tree Turning a medicinal tree into a reliable desert crop required more than just planting it in the sand.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The numbers have been slowly ticking up for over a year – a rare bit of good news for a government that has spent billions of dollars for more than a decade encouraging people to do just that.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Scroll through the week’s best of celebrity beauty and pop culture’s glam below, and head to the app to vote for your favorite.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There are healthful ways to incorporate any of them.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Packed with fiber and two types of chocolate, these rich, fudgy brownies are a wholesome, healthful chocolate-lover’s dream.—
Virginia Willis,
AJC.com,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Trump’s announcement did have the salutary effect of placing the issue of financial services costs on the front burner, after its having languished for years.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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There have been periods of salutary resistance—Wordsworth remains a fortifying example—but in general the drift has been constant.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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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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The Bambino, Babe Ruth himself, came for spring training beginning around 1915 and credited the natural hot springs baths with having a salubrious effect on him.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Sanative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanative. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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