|
|
- pronunciation:
- be
n
fI
shl
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
having a good or favorable effect; helpful.
Eating fruits and vegetables is beneficial to your health.The chicken soup was beneficial to my cough.
- synonyms:
- advantageous, favorable, profitable
- antonyms:
- adverse, bad, damaging, deadly, detrimental, harmful, ill, useless
- similar words:
- helpful, positive, productive, valuable
|
| related words: |
advisable, constructive, convenient, useful |
|
|
| derivations: |
beneficially (adv.), beneficialness (n.) |
|
|