BENEFICIAL Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

beneficial

adjective

ˌbe-nə-ˈfi-shəl

Definition of beneficial

as in favorable

promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being tutoring can often be as beneficial and rewarding for the tutor as for the student receiving the help

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Recent Examples of beneficial Activities such as walking, swimming, cycling, stretching, and yoga are all beneficial. — Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 6 July 2026 Weeks before the first TBT game tips off, Mason’s decision to rejoin the team is already proving beneficial. — Latif Love july 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 First, mantids feed indiscriminately, consuming a wide variety of insects including beneficial insects such as bees, butterflies, and syrphid flies. — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026 Philip Lewis, a relationship therapist specializing in gay men's mental health, says finding a community can be one of the most beneficial things when faced with a diagnosis of HIV or any chronic health condition. — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for beneficial

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beneficial

Adjective

That combination of clear skies, dry air and terrain can produce dramatic overnight lows in the 20s and 30s — and in especially favorable setups, even colder readings in localized spots like the one near Kirk, Oregon.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Similarly, Sullivan and Hafley appear to have favorable view about Rodriguez’s ability to wear the green dot.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

Definition of favorable

Adjective

The suggestion that the president is in-the-know about what the chairman would like to do with rates is unlikely to be helpful.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
The piece from Ginexi linked above contains helpful advice and some short examples about halfway down the page.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

Definition of helpful

Adjective

The next best thing to intravenous intervention when dehydrated is Liquid IV.

— Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Our best guess is that there might be a little bit of recognition for the youngest generations, too, watching all those clips — as in, Holy cow, Austin Powers was real!

— Chris Willman, Variety, 7 July 2026

Definition of good

Adjective

Claude has been gross margin positive since the day Anthropic began selling it, profitable on the first dollar of customer spend rather than the thousandth.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
And as the 2023 dual writers’ and actors’ strikes thinned out theatrical lineups, that aversion to uncertainty became a push for reliable and profitable hits.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026