Synonyms of the word

healthful

• adj. Beneficial to bodily health.
• adj. Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary.

alterative

• n. (medicine, now historical) A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body,…
• adj. Causing alteration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions…

anthelminthic

• adj. Of use against intestinal worms.

anthelmintic

• adj. (medicine) Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.
• n. (medicine) A drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by…

antimicrobial

• adj. tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.
• adj. inhibiting the growth of microbes.
• adj. preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes.
• n. an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action.

antimicrobic

• adj. antimicrobial.
• n. Any antimicrobial agent.

antiseptic

• adj. Of, or relating to antisepsis, or the use of antiseptics.
• adj. Capable of preventing microbial infection.
• adj. Very clean; aseptic.
• adj. Free of unpleasantness; sanitized or bowdlerized.
• n. Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those…

beneficial

• adj. Helpful or good to something or someone.
• adj. Relating to a benefice.

carminative

• adj. Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
• n. (medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract.

cathartic

• adj. Purgative; inducing catharsis.
• adj. That releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience.
• n. A laxative.

curative

• adj. Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
• n. A substance that acts as a cure.

drugless

• adj. Without (the use of) drugs.

good

• adj. (of people).
• adj. (of capabilities).
• adj. (of properties and qualities).
• adj. (colloquial) With "and", extremely.
• adj. Holy (especially when capitalized).
• adj. (of quantities).
• interj. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
• adv. (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
• n. (uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and…
• n. (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
• n. (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes…
• n. (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
• v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.
• v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.
• v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
• v. (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

healing

• n. The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
• n. An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
• n. The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.
• v. present participle of heal.

helminthic

• adj. Of or pertaining to worms; used especially of parasitic worms.
• adj. (medicine) Causing the expulsion of intestinal worms.
• n. (medicine) Any medicine that expels intestinal worms.

hygienic

• adj. Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary.
• adj. (computing, slang, of a macro) Whose expansion is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

hygienical

• adj. Relating to hygiene.

medicative

• adj. Medicinal; acting like a medicine.

medicinal

• adj. Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
• adj. Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.
• adj. Tasting like medicine; particularly of sweetish artificial flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice.
• n. Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.

organic

• adj. (biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
• adj. (physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
• adj. (chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
• adj. (agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and…
• adj. (sociology) Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by…
• adj. (military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in…
• adj. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
• adj. (Internet, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed…
• adj. Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.
• adj. Harmonious; coherent; structured.
• n. (chemistry) An organic compound.
• n. An organic food.
• n. (science fiction) A living organism, as opposed to a robot or hologram.

parasiticidal

• adj. Killing parasites.

preventative

• adj. Alternative form of preventive.
• n. Alternative form of preventive.

preventive

• adj. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
• adj. Carried out to deter military aggression.
• adj. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
• adj. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.
• n. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
• n. (nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
• n. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

prophylactic

• n. A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
• n. (figuratively) Any device or mechanism intended to prevent harmful consequences.
• adj. Serving to prevent or protect against an undesired effect, especially disease.

psychotherapeutic

• adj. Of or pertaining to psychotherapeutics (psychotherapy).
• adj. Cathartic.

recuperative

• adj. In the way of recuperation.

remedial

• adj. curative; providing a remedy.
• adj. intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject.

restorative

• adj. Serving to restore.
• n. Something with restoring properties.
• n. (euphemistic) An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.

salutary

• adj. Affecting or designed to affect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
• adj. Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.

sanative

• adj. That cures or restores; curative or restorative.

sanitary

• adj. of, or relating to health.
• adj. clean and free from pathogens; hygienic.

therapeutic

• adj. Of, or relating to therapy.
• adj. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
• n. (medicine) A therapeutic agent.

wholesome

• adj. Promoting good physical health and well-being.
• adj. Promoting moral and mental well-being.
• adj. Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy.
• adj. Promoting virtue or being virtuous.