SANATIVE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

sanative

adjective

ˈsa-nə-tiv

Definition of sanative

as in healthy

beneficial to the health of body or mind there's nothing like the sanative value of a good night's sleep

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Adjective

Pomegranates also contain vitamin K and folate, which can help support healthy blood clotting and cell growth, respectively.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 July 2026
The indexes are sitting on healthy gains for the year despite a slight pullback in June.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Definition of healthy

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

The couple has a passion for healthful eating and taking care of the environment, providing for the land that provides for them, as Hakenah Hulitt put it.

— Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Potatoes are generally considered a more healthful option than rice due to their lower calorie content and higher fiber, iron, potassium, and vitamin B6 content.

— Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026

Definition of healthful

Adjective

Duchamp’s habitual skepticism had the salutary effect of returning us to first principles.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
The most salutary was America’s Field Trip, a competition of a familiar kind, in which students between third and twelfth grade from across the states and territories submit drawings, prose, and essays.

— Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Definition of salutary

Adjective

The Austrian Southern Railway Company managers’ masterstroke was to promote Opatija as a spa town no less salubrious—and no less glamorous—than Nice, the prime destination for convalescents in the age of tuberculosis.

— Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
By then, the salubrious environment that Central Florida’s earliest settlers found had already been transformed many times over.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026

Definition of salubrious

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