wholesome[adjective]Synonyms:- beneficial, good, healthy, nourishing, nutritious, salubrious
- moral, decent, edifying, improving, respectable
Antonyms: noxious, unwholesome
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
whole‧some /ˈhəʊls
əm $ ˈhoʊl-/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
whole,
wholesomeness;
adjective:
whole,
wholesome ≠
UNWHOLESOME;
adverb:
wholly]
[
Date: 1100-1200;
Origin: whole 'healthy, whole' + -some]
1. likely to make you healthy
wholesome food/fare/meal etc
well-balanced wholesome meals2. considered to have a good moral effect:
good wholesome fun—wholesomeness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲