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healthfulness

health·ful
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [helth-fuh l]
    • /ˈhɛlθ fəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [helth-fuh l]
    • /ˈhɛlθ fəl/

Definitions of healthfulness word

  • adjective healthfulness conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet. 1
  • abbreviation HEALTHFULNESS healthy. 1
  • noun healthfulness The characteristic of being healthful; healthiness; wholesomeness. 1
See all 3 definitions of healthfulness

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Origin of healthfulness

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
First recorded in 1350-1400, healthful is from the Middle English word helthful. See health, -ful

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Parts of speech for Healthfulness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Healthfulness

healthfulness popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

healthfulness usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for healthfulness

noun healthfulness

  • strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
  • well-being — a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare: to influence the well-being of the nation and its people.
  • fitness — health.
  • verdure — greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation.
  • tone — (Theobald) Wolfe, 1763–98, Irish nationalist and martyr for independence.
All 35 Synonyms of healthfulness

Antonyms for healthfulness

noun healthfulness

  • lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
  • weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
  • disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
  • illness — unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
  • infirmity — a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age.
All 6 Antonyms of healthfulness

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