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healthful

/ˈhelθfl/adjective

उच्चारण हेल्थ्फ़ल

स्वास्थ्यकर, स्वास्थ्यप्रद

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adjective
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    formal

    good for your health

    स्वास्थ्यकर, स्वास्थ्यप्रद

    • a healthful diet
    • Fresh fruit and a daily walk are healthful habits.
    • Sprouts are a healthful addition to any breakfast.
    + 2 more examples
    • The doctor recommended a healthful routine of sleep and light exercise.
    • Is such a salty snack really healthful?

    Synonyms healthy wholesome nutritious salubrious beneficial

    Opposite unhealthy harmful unwholesome

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

healthful + noun (food, diet, habit)

Healthful describes things that make you healthy, such as food, exercise or a way of living. It is a little formal.

'Healthful' उन चीज़ों का वर्णन करता है जो स्वास्थ्य को अच्छा बनाती हैं, जैसे भोजन, व्यायाम या जीवन-शैली। यह कुछ औपचारिक शब्द है।

  • Sprouted moong is a healthful breakfast.
  • The doctor advised her to adopt healthful habits.

healthful vs healthy

Healthful is for things that cause good health, and healthy is for people or things that have good health. Healthy is also used for the cause, so it is the common word.

'Healthful' उन चीज़ों के लिए है जो अच्छा स्वास्थ्य देती हैं, और 'healthy' उन लोगों या चीज़ों के लिए जिनका स्वास्थ्य अच्छा हो। 'Healthy' कारण के लिए भी चलता है, इसलिए वही अधिक प्रचलित है।

  • A healthy child eats healthful food.
  • The village has a healthful climate.

be healthful for + sb

Use for to name the person or group who benefits.

लाभ पाने वाले व्यक्ति या वर्ग को बताने के लिए 'for' लगता है।

  • Walking in the morning is healthful for older people.

more healthful / most healthful

Because it has three syllables, it forms its comparative with more and its superlative with most.

तीन अक्षरों वाला शब्द होने के कारण इसका comparative 'more' से और superlative 'most' से बनता है।

  • Steamed idlis are more healthful than fried snacks.
+Collocations 4

healthful + noun

dietfoodlifestylehabitclimateactivity

  • A healthful diet includes fruit, pulses and green vegetables.

adverb + healthful

veryhighlyparticularlyequallyfar more

  • Brown rice is more healthful than polished white rice.

make / keep + healthful

makekeepconsiderfind

  • Many families consider tulsi tea healthful.

healthful + preposition

for childrenfor the heartfor the bodyto eat

  • Nuts are healthful for the heart when eaten in small amounts.
“More examples 5
  • The school canteen now sells only healthful snacks.

विद्यालय की कैंटीन अब केवल स्वास्थ्यवर्धक नाश्ता बेचती है।

  • Yoga is a healthful practice for people of every age.

योग हर आयु के लोगों के लिए स्वास्थ्यवर्धक अभ्यास है।

  • The hill station is known for its cool and healthful air.

यह हिल स्टेशन अपनी ठंडी और स्वास्थ्यवर्धक हवा के लिए जाना जाता है।

  • Radhika has chosen a healthful way of living since she left hostel.

हॉस्टल छोड़ने के बाद राधिका ने स्वास्थ्यवर्धक जीवन-शैली अपना ली है।

  • Is fruit juice as healthful as eating the whole fruit?

क्या फलों का रस पूरा फल खाने जितना ही स्वास्थ्यवर्धक है?

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Healthful, healthy and wholesome all praise something that is good for the body, with small differences.

Healthful, healthy और wholesome तीनों शरीर के लिए अच्छी चीज़ की प्रशंसा करते हैं, पर थोड़े अंतर के साथ।

healthful

Producing good health; formal and used mainly for things like food and habits.

अच्छा स्वास्थ्य देने वाला; औपचारिक और मुख्यतः भोजन तथा आदतों के लिए।

  • Fresh fruit is a healthful snack.

healthy

Having good health, or good for health. The everyday word.

अच्छे स्वास्थ्य वाला, या स्वास्थ्य के लिए अच्छा। रोज़मर्रा का शब्द।

  • She is a healthy girl.

wholesome

Good for body or mind, especially simple natural food or clean entertainment.

शरीर या मन के लिए अच्छा, विशेषकर सादा प्राकृतिक भोजन या स्वच्छ मनोरंजन।

  • Grandmother cooked a wholesome meal of dal and roti.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Keep apart, asked often: healthy (in good health: 'a healthy child'; also good for health) and healthful (formal, good for your health: 'healthful food').

इन्हें अलग रखिए, अक्सर पूछा जाता है: healthy (स्वस्थ: 'a healthy child'; स्वास्थ्य के लिए अच्छा भी) और healthful (औपचारिक, स्वास्थ्य के लिए अच्छा: 'healthful food')।

Keep the good-for-health words together: healthful, wholesome (good for health or morals), nutritious (containing many nutrients), salubrious (healthy, of a place or climate), beneficial.

स्वास्थ्यकर के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: healthful, wholesome (स्वास्थ्य या नैतिकता के लिए अच्छा), nutritious (पोषक तत्वों से भरपूर), salubrious (स्थान या जलवायु के लिए स्वास्थ्यकर), beneficial।