beneficialadjective
uk/ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.əl/B2 helpful, useful, or good:
The improvement in sales figures had a beneficial effect/influence on the company as a whole.
A stay in the country will be beneficial to his health.
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- The psychiatric team decided that it would not be beneficial to keep her in hospital.
- Breast-feeding is extremely beneficial to the health of newborn babies.
- From our point of view, we do not see how these changes will be beneficial to the company.
- Only some bacteria are harmful - many are beneficial.
- Plants such as this one are known for their beneficial effects and have been used medicinally for centuries.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- general
- palliative
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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