wholesome

adj., -som·er, -som·est.

1. Conducive to sound health or well-being; salutary: simple, wholesome food; a wholesome climate.
2. Promoting mental, moral, or social health: wholesome entertainment.
3. Sound; healthy. See synonyms at healthy.

[Middle English holsom, from Old English *hālsum.]

wholesomely whole'some·ly adv.
wholesomeness whole'some·ness n.

Description applied to food that is fit for human consumption as far as hygiene is concerned.

adjective

1. Promoting good health: healthful, healthsome, healthy, hygienic, salubrious, salutary. See health/sickness.
2. Not lewd or obscene: clean, decent, modest. See decent/indecent.
3. Having good health: fit¹, hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, right, sound², well², whole. Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle. See health/sickness.

adj

Definition: healthy, decent
Antonyms: bad, impure, indecent, unhealthy, unwholesome

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IN BRIEF: Conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being.

A little madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King. — Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gavnlig, sund

Nederlands (Dutch)
heilzaam, gezond

Français (French)
adj. - sain, bien propre, innocent (une ère)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gesund, nützlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υγιεινός, υγιής, ωφέλιμος, θρεπτικός

Italiano (Italian)
salutare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sadio, benéfico

Русский (Russian)
полезный, здравомыслящий, пышущий здоровьем, безопасный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sano, saludable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hälsosam, sund

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有益健康的, 健全的, 合乎卫生的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有益健康的, 健全的, 合乎衛生的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 건강에 좋은, 건전한, 신중한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 健康によい, 健康そうな, 健全な, 有益な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صحي, مفيد, نافع للصحه, حكيم, نجيع, مأمون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בריא, טוב‬

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