salubrious

[ suh-loo-bree-uhs ]

adjective

1. favorable to or promoting health; healthful:

   salubrious air.

salubrious

/ səˈluːbrɪtɪ; səˈluːbrɪəs /

adjective

1. conducive or favourable to health; wholesome

Derived Forms

• saˈlubriously, adverb
• saˈlubriousness, noun

Other Words From

• sa·lubri·ous·ly adverb
• sa·lubri·ous·ess sa·lu·bri·ty [s, uh, -, loo, -bri-tee], 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of salubrious¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of salubrious¹

C16: from Latin salūbris, from salūs health

Synonym Study

See healthy.

Example Sentences

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.

From Time

Therein lies the hair of the dog that proves salubrious after the Clinton binge.

From The Daily Beast

I assume the salubrious desert climate wasn't the attraction.

From The Daily Beast

The months which immediately followed the arrival of the new comers were the coolest and most salubrious of the year.

From Project Gutenberg

The climate of Avignon, though so strangely inveighed against by Petrarch, is at once healthy and salubrious.

From Project Gutenberg

At eight oclock, he calls again for the few hours of darkness, so that both day and night are tempered by his salubrious presence.

From Project Gutenberg

It is situated on a high hill, bounded by a large lake of the most salubrious water, called Peutla by the natives.

From Project Gutenberg

"It is levied on every one who chooses to export himself from these salubrious shores," I explained.

From Project Gutenberg