sanative

adjective

ˈsa-nə-tiv How to pronounce sanative (audio)
Definition of sanativenext
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanative
  1. healthy
  2. medicinal
  3. good
  4. healthful
  5. salutary
  6. salubrious
Adjective
  • Studies have shown the positive effect that strength training can have on healthy bone development in kids, leading to a lower likelihood of fractures.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Supergirl started as a CBS series with a healthy budget and a sunshiney Devil Wears Prada–esque story about Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist), Superman’s cousin, paying her dues as a journalist and fledgling superhero.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of healthy
Adjective
  • In addition to its medicinal and beauty uses, hemp is also used for a variety of commercial and industry products, like rope, clothing, paper, bioplastics and even biofuel.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Medicinal Mushrooms From coffee to candies, there is no shortage of medicinal mushroom products on the market.
    Marley Hall, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of medicinal
Adjective
  • Washington has been very close — but not good enough — against the best competition on its schedule.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Small Pockets of Cover Similarly, other small pockets of cover can be good, too.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of good
Adjective
  • There are ways to ease the adjustment, including getting more sunshine to help reset your circadian rhythm for healthful sleep.
    ASSOCIATED PRESS, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The project works to develop innovative and sustainable food procurement criteria and create a more holistic, healthful food culture in schools.
    Danielle Nierenberg, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of healthful
Adjective
  • That kind of give-and-take seems rare in national life at the moment, but Boot touches on other aspects of Reagan’s leadership that are anything but salutary.
    Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The results should make salutary reading for the U.K.’s new government, which has been talking a lot about the need for growth but also proposing new laws concerning workers’ rights and is believed to be contemplating higher taxes in its first Budget next month.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of salutary
Adjective
  • His contention seems to have been borne out: research increasingly supports a salubrious effect of democratic governance.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
  • After World War II, the American Army doctor Ancel Keys stumbled into the region, bought an old villa and devoted his life to studying the salubrious effects on the heart of a diet of olive oil, fish and fresh vegetables.
    Nina Burleigh, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Definition of salubrious
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“Sanative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanative. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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