salutary
1 synonym and 2 antonyms for salutary, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Having a good, improving effect on a problem.
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Having a good, improving effect on a problem.
“We do it here historically, and I think it's, um, very salutary to know quite a bit about the history of ideas, particularly in philosophy which always suffers from a tendency to follow the latest fashion.”
Etymology
This word was borrowed from Middle French salutaire and, further back, from its source Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).
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