Synonyms for beneficial
ˌbɛn əˈfɪʃ əlben·e·fi·cial

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1. beneficialadjective

   Antonyms:
   harmful, detrimental, unfavourable

2. beneficialadjective

   Recycling and reusing garbage can have beneficial effects on the environment.

   Antonyms:
   unfavourable, detrimental, harmful

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. beneficial

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

   Antonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

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1. beneficial

   Synonyms:
   profitable, salutary, advantageous, wholesome, salubrious

   Antonyms:
   prejudicial, noxious, hurtful, unprofitable, detrimental

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.8 / 11 votes

1. beneficial, goodadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   upright, dependable, just, right, full, undecomposed, ripe, estimable, honorable, expert, proficient, secure, in effect(p), effective, skillful, well(p), serious, skilful, salutary, good, unspoiled, in force(p), respectable, honest, practiced, adept, sound, near, unspoilt, dear, safe

   Antonyms:
   disadvantageous

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1. advantageous.

   Submitted by ahmedamr7383 on November 29, 2022  

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1. beneficialadjective

   Synonyms:
   useful, profitable, advantageous, helpful, serviceable, salutary, good, for one's advantage, for one's good, for one's interest

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1. beneficialadjective

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, salutary, profitable, useful, wholesome

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1. List of paraphrases for "beneficial":

   advantageous, useful, favourable, positive, helpful, profitable, salutary, favorable, charitable, good, fruitful, win-win, worthwhile, conducive, benefit

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How to use beneficial in a sentence?

1. Sundar Pichai:

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2. Mae Jemison:

   I was sad to hear that he passed away, but at the same time I think that what we need to do is really to celebrate a life that was so incredibly full and impactful and beneficial to us.

3. Jeremy Guggenheim:

   The new study and other recent work suggests that this preventative effect of time outdoors is beneficial even at very young ages, e.g. 3 - 6 years-old, too much close work, such as reading and using hand-held devices, may also be a risk - although the jury is still out on this question.

4. Bill Franke:

   It's beneficial to the consumer. It's beneficial to the employees, beneficial to the communities that Frontier Airlines on Monday serve, and at the end of the day, even on combination, these two airlines will control less than 10 % of the market.

5. Mark Wolcott:

   For someone my age who is not a fast runner who would be subjected to the heat during a 13.1-mile race, I think this is something that would be beneficial, the BolderBoulder, for us, was a great way to showcase the service we provide, not necessarily to say it’s our target market.