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salutary

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsaljʊtəɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈsæljətɛɹi/
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE1 L Y AH0 T EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • salutary advice

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: healful, healthful, healthy, salubrious

Antonyms: insalubrious, insalutary

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • beneficial effects of a balanced diet
  • a good night's sleep
  • the salutary influence of pure air

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: good

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: благотворен (blagotvoren) — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Chinese Cantonese: 有效益嘅 (jau5 haau6 jik1 ge3) — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有益的 (yǒuyì de) — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有幫助的 /有帮助的 (yǒu bāngzhù de) — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Finnish: hyödyllinen — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Finnish: terveellinen — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gavnlig — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gagnlig — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Polish: zbawienny — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Polish: pożyteczny — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Russian: исцеля́ющий (isceljájuščij) — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Russian: целе́бный (celébnyj) — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Spanish: saludable — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Spanish: bueno — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Spanish: salutífero — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Spanish: buen — effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice
  • Bulgarian: здравословен (zdravosloven) — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Chinese Mandarin: 健康 (jiànkāng) — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Finnish: terveellinen — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • French: salutaire — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Italian: salutare — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Italian: benefico — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Norwegian Bokmål: helsebringende — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sunn — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Polish: zdrowotny — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Spanish: saludable — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Spanish: bueno — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Spanish: salutífero — promoting good health and physical well-being
  • Spanish: salubre — promoting good health and physical well-being