Definition of WHOLESOME

wholesome

Meanings

Adjective

  • conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
    • "wholesome attitude"
    • "wholesome appearance"
    • "wholesome food"

Adjective Satellite

  • sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind
    • "exercise develops wholesome appetites"
    • "a grin on his ugly wholesome face"

Adj

  • Promoting good physical health and well-being.
  • Promoting moral and mental well-being.
  • Favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous.
  • Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy.
  • Decent; innocuous; sweet.

Origin / Etymology

From earlier holesome, from Middle English holsom, holsum, helsum, halsum, from Old English *hālsum, *hǣlsum, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasam, from Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz, equivalent to whole + -some or hale (“healthy”) + -some. Cognate with Saterland Frisian heelsoam, Dutch heilzaam, German Low German heelsaam, German heilsam, Icelandic heilsamur, Norwegian Nynorsk helsesam, Swedish hälsosam (“wholesome”).

Antonyms

unwholesome

Scrabble Score: 17

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

Words With Friends Score: 18

wholesome is a valid Words With Friends word