Beneficial
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
beneficial
adj 1: promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation
agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial
effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good
for her" [syn: {beneficial}, {good}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Beneficial \Ben`e*fi"cial\, a. [Cf. F. b['e]n['e]ficial, LL.
beneficialis.]
1. Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful;
advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end;
-- followed by to.
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The war which would have been most beneficial to us.
--Swift.
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2. (Law) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive,
advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an
estate. --Kent.
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3. King. [Obs.] "A beneficial foe." --B. Jonson.
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Syn: See {Advantage}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "beneficial":
advantageous, aidful, appropriate, auspicious, banausic,
benevolent, benign, bon, bonny, bracing, braw, bueno, capital,
cogent, commendable, commodious, conducive, constitutional,
constructive, contributory, effective, efficacious, elegant,
employable, estimable, excellent, expedient, fair, famous,
favorable, fine, fitting, functional, furthersome, good, good for,
goodly, grand, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful,
healthy, helpful, hygeian, hygienic, invigorating, kind, laudable,
nice, noble, of general utility, of help, of service, of use,
pleasant, positive, practical, pragmatical, profitable, proper,
refreshing, regal, remedial, royal, salubrious, salutary, sanitary,
serviceable, skillful, sound, splendid, supportive, therapeutic,
tonic, useful, utilitarian, valid, very good, virtuous,
wholesome
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