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- [ben-uh-fish-uh l]
- /ˌbɛn əˈfɪʃ əl/
- /ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ben-uh-fish-uh l]
- /ˌbɛn əˈfɪʃ əl/
Definitions of beneficial word
- adjective beneficial Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives. 3
- adjective beneficial causing a good result; advantageous 3
- adjective beneficial entitling a person to receive the profits or proceeds of property 3
- adjective beneficial producing benefits; advantageous; favorable 3
- adjective beneficial receiving benefit 3
- adjective beneficial for one's own benefit 3
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Origin of beneficial
First appearance:
before 1425 One of the 25% oldest English words
1425-75; late Middle English < Late Latin beneficiālis, equivalent to Latin benefici(um) kindness (see benefice) + -ālis -al1
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Parts of speech for Beneficial
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
beneficial popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
beneficial usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for beneficial
adj beneficial
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
- useful — being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society.
- helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- valuable — having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
Antonyms for beneficial
adj beneficial
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- useless — of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
- worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
- harmful — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- hurtful — causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.
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