wholesome

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊlsəm/

Etymology

whole +‎ -some

Adjective

wholesome (comparative wholesomer, superlative wholesomest)

1. Promoting good health and well-being.
2. Promoting moral and mental well-being.
3. Sound and healthy.
4. Promoting virtue or being virtuous.

Synonyms

• (promoting health): healthy, healthful, salubrious

Antonyms

• unwholesome

Translations

promoting good health, and well-being

• Finnish: terveellinen
• German: gesund (de), heilsam

• Irish: folláin
• Italian: salubre (it)

sound and healthy

• Finnish: terve (fi)
• German: gesund (de), förderlich (de)

• Hebrew: בריא

promoting virtue or being virtuous

• Dutch: deugdelijk (nl)

• German: tugendhaft (de), rechtschaffen (de)

Derived terms

• wholesomely
• wholesomeness

References

• wholesome in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• wholesome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913