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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
  • Emergency aid for families caught in conflict zones Parents caught in crises struggle to meet their children's needs and to provide them with a safe and healthy childhood, despite the circumstances.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • But those findings apply to small-by-design campuses with healthy enrollments, not schools that have shrunk dramatically as families have moved away.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • As good as Trachtenberg is at keeping secrets, this particular one seems unlikely.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 June 2025
  • Then, Bennett, the Panthers best player these playoffs, took a tripping penalty behind the play coming out of the offensive zone.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • While hemp can be used for industrial methods, it’s also used for medicinal purposes.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2025
  • The Intersection of Feminine Energy and Cannabis Cannabis has been used for thousands of years for both medicinal and spiritual purposes.
    Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 1 June 2025
Adjective
  • In that case, a state court ruled that Montana had violated young residents’ constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by promoting fossil fuel development.
    Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • For example, a suit in Montana targeted the state for failing to provide its residents with a healthful environment.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Salubrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salubrious. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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