Definition of HEALTHFUL

healthful

Meanings

Adjective

  • conducive to good health of body or mind
    • "a healthful climate"
    • "a healthful environment"
    • "healthful nutrition"
    • "healthful sleep"
    • "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"
  • free from filth and pathogens

Adj

  • Beneficial to bodily health.
  • Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary.
  • Synonym of healthy (“evincing health”).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English helthful, helþful, helþeful, equivalent to health + -ful.

Scrabble Score: 18

healthful is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
healthful is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
healthful is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

healthful is a valid Words With Friends word