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salubrious

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /səˈl(j)uː.bɹi.əs/
  • US: sə-lo͞o'brē-əs
  • US: /səˈlu.bɹi.əs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially relating to food or air.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: healful, healthful, healthy, salutary

Antonyms: insalubrious, insalutary

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

promoting health; healthful- C.B.Davis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a healthy diet
  • clean healthy air
  • plenty of healthy sleep
  • healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy
  • the salubrious mountain air and water
  • carrots are good for you

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: healthy, good for you(p)

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

favorable to health of mind or body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • not the most salubrious campsite
  • one of the less salubrious suburbs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin salūbris (“healthy”) + -ous.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: здравословен (zdravosloven) — promoting health
  • Catalan: salubre — promoting health
  • Czech: léčivý — promoting health
  • Czech: zdraví prospěšný — promoting health
  • Dutch: heilzaam — promoting health
  • Esperanto: sanfavora — promoting health
  • Faroese: heilsugóður — promoting health
  • Faroese: heilsugevandi — promoting health
  • Finnish: terveellinen — promoting health
  • French: salubre — promoting health
  • Galician: salubre — promoting health
  • Georgian: ჯანსაღი (ǯansaɣi) — promoting health
  • Georgian: ჯანმრთელი (ǯanmrteli) — promoting health
  • Georgian: სასარგებლო (sasargeblo) — promoting health
  • Georgian: სამკურნალო (samḳurnalo) — promoting health
  • German: bekömmlich — promoting health
  • German: heilsam — promoting health
  • German: zuträglich — promoting health
  • German: gesundheitsfördernd — promoting health
  • Ancient Greek: ὑγιεινός (hugieinós) — promoting health
  • Icelandic: heilsusamlegt — promoting health
  • Italian: salubre — promoting health
  • Latin: salūber — promoting health
  • Macedonian: здрав (zdrav) — promoting health
  • Macedonian: ле́ковит (lékovit) — promoting health
  • Polish: zdrowy — promoting health
  • Polish: porządny — promoting health
  • Portuguese: salubre — promoting health
  • Portuguese: saudável — promoting health
  • Romanian: salubru — promoting health
  • Romanian: sănătos — promoting health
  • Russian: целе́бный (celébnyj) — promoting health
  • Russian: цели́тельный (celítelʹnyj) — promoting health
  • Russian: здоро́вый (zdoróvyj) — promoting health
  • Russian: поле́зный (poléznyj) — promoting health
  • Spanish: salubre — promoting health
  • Swedish: hälsosam — promoting health
  • Swedish: frisk — promoting health
  • Turkish: sağlığa yararlı — promoting health