salubrious

[ suh-loo-bree-uhs ]

See synonyms for: salubrious salubrity on Thesaurus.com

adjective

favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.

Origin of salubrious

1540–50; from Latin salūbr(is) “promoting health” (akin to salūs “health”) + -ious

synonym study For salubrious

See healthy.

Other words from salubrious

sa·lu·bri·ous·ly, adverb
sa·lu·bri·ous·ess, sa·lu·bri·ty [suh-loo-bri-tee], /səˈlu brɪ ti/, noun
non·sa·lu·bri·ous, adjective
non·sa·lu·bri·ous·ly, adverb
non·sa·lu·bri·ous·ness, noun
un·sa·lu·bri·ous, adjective
un·sa·lu·bri·ous·ly, adverb
un·sa·lu·bri·ous·ness, noun

Words that may be confused with salubrious

salubrious , salutary

Words Nearby salubrious

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How to use salubrious in a sentence

How much time it takes to see salubrious effects of plant-based diets is different from one symptom to another and from person to person.
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Therein lies the hair of the dog that proves salubrious after the Clinton binge.
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I assume the salubrious desert climate wasn't the attraction.
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The months which immediately followed the arrival of the new comers were the coolest and most salubrious of the year.
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The climate of Avignon, though so strangely inveighed against by Petrarch, is at once healthy and salubrious.
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At eight oclock, he calls again for the few hours of darkness, so that both day and night are tempered by his salubrious presence.
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It is situated on a high hill, bounded by a large lake of the most salubrious water, called Peutla by the natives.
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"It is levied on every one who chooses to export himself from these salubrious shores," I explained.
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British Dictionary definitions for salubrious

salubrious

/ (səˈluːbrɪəs) /

adjective

conducive or favourable to health; wholesome

Origin of salubrious

C16: from Latin salūbris, from salūs health

Derived forms of salubrious

salubriously, adverb
salubriousness or salubrity (səˈluːbrɪtɪ), noun

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