" salutary "

1: promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being;

  * e.g., " ... the low interest rates should have a salutary effect on business "

•  Synonyms : 

•  advantageous,

•  benefic,

•  beneficent,

•  beneficial,

•  benignant,

•  favorable,

•  friendly,

•  good,

•  helpful,

•  kindly,

•  profitable

•  Antonyms : 

•  bad,

•  disadvantageous,

•  unfavorable,

•  unfriendly,

•  unhelpful,

•  unprofitable

2: good for the health;

  * e.g., " ... increasing scientific evidence that a glass of wine a day is quite salutary "

•  Synonyms : 

•  good,

•  healthful,

•  healthy,

•  medicinal,

•  restorative,

•  salubrious,

•  salutiferous,

•  sanative,

•  tonic,

•  wholesome

•  Antonyms : 

•  insalubrious,

•  noxious,

•  unhealthful,

•  unhealthy,

•  unwholesome