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Beneficial
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What's The Definition Of Beneficial?
[adj] promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her"
[adj] tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air" Synonyms | Synonyms for Beneficial: advantageous | good | healthful | salutary Related Terms | Find terms related to Beneficial: advantageous | aidful | appropriate | auspicious | banausic | benevolent | benign | bon | bonny | bracing | braw | bueno | capital | cogent | commendable | commodious | conducive | constitutional | constructive | contributory | effective | efficacious | elegant | employable | estimable | excellent | expedient | fair | famous | favorable | fine | fitting | functional | furthersome | good | good for | goodly | grand | health-enhancing | healthful | health-preserving | healthy | helpful | hygeian | hygienic | invigorating | kind | laudable | nice | noble | of general utility | of help | of service | of use | pleasant | positive | practical | pragmatical | profitable | proper | refreshing | regal | remedial | royal | salubrious | salutary | sanitary | serviceable | skillful | sound | splendid | supportive | therapeutic | tonic | useful | utilitarian | valid | very good | virtuous | wholesome See Also | Beneficial In Webster's Dictionary \Ben`e*fi"cial\, a. [Cf. F. b['e]n['e]ficial, LL.
beneficialis.]
1. Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful;
advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end;
-- followed by to.
The war which would have been most beneficial to us.
--Swift.
2. (Law) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive,
advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an
estate. --Kent.
3. King. [Obs.] ``A beneficial foe.'' --B. Jonson.
Syn: See {Advantage}.
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