Salubrious
[sə'luːbrɪəs] or [sə'lubrɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) favorable to health of mind or body; 'not the most salubrious campsite'; 'one of the less salubrious suburbs' .
Edited by Anselm--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate.
Typist: Norton
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Healthy, healthful, salutary, wholesome, salutiferous.
Editor: Mervin
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BEHALF]
Editor: Maynard
Definition
adj. healthful: wholesome.—adv. Salū′briously.—ns. Salū′briousness Salū′brity
Typist: Louis
Examples
- Don't know anything about the north, but am altogether salubrious and balmy, hey, my lady? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- All right then; limpid, salubrious: no gush of bilge water had turned it to fetid puddle. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The better, Mr. Harthouse gave him to understand as they shook hands, for the salubrious air of Coketown. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Typist: Louis