beneficial
Plural: beneficials
Adjective Satellite
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"
- "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"
Adj
- Helpful or good to something or someone.
- Relating to a benefice.
Noun
- Something that provides a benefit.
Examples
- Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”).
Synonyms
good, advantageous, behooveful, helpful, useful, usufructuary, usufructuous
Antonyms
damaging, detrimental, harmful, harmless, innocuous, maleficial, nocuous, undamaging
Scrabble Score: 17
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