'Wholesome' definitions:
Definition of 'wholesome'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well- being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food" [ant: unwholesome]
adjective
Sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind; "exercise develops wholesome appetites"; "a grin on his ugly wholesome face"
Definition of 'Wholesome'
From: GCIDE
- Wholesome \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. Wholesomer; superl. Wholesomest.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. [1913 Webster]
- Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. [1913 Webster]
- A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4. [1913 Webster]
- I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. -- {Whole"some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wholesome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admissible,
- all,
- all in all,
- all there,
- altogether,
- balanced,
- beneficial,
- benign,
- bracing,
- bunkum,
- clearheaded,
- clearminded,
- cogent,
- completely,
- compos mentis,
- constitutional,
- credible,
- curing,
- entirely,
- exactly,
- fit,
- fully,
- good,
- good for,
- hale,
- healing,
- health-enhancing,
- health-preserving,
- healthful,
- healthy,
- healthy-minded,
- hygeian,
- hygienic,
- in toto,
- invigorating,
- just,
- justifiable,
- legitimate,
- logical,
- lucid,
- mentally sound,
- normal,
- of sound mind,
- perfectly,
- plausible,
- purely,
- quite,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- refreshing,
- remedial,
- restorative,
- right,
- roundly,
- salubrious,
- salutary,
- sanative,
- sanatory,
- sane,
- sane-minded,
- sanitary,
- sensible,
- sound,
- sound-minded,
- thoroughly,
- together,
- tonic,
- totally,
- unimpaired,
- uninjurious,
- utterly,
- vulnerary,
- well,
- well-argued,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- whole,
- wholly