Good and Wholesome

Good

Good adjective - Beneficial to the health of body or mind.
Usage example: didn't like broccoli even though he knew it was good for him

Wholesome is a synonym for good in fresh topic. In some cases you can use "Wholesome" instead an adjective "Good", when it comes to topics like beneficial, useful.

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Wholesome

Wholesome adjective - Enjoying health and vigor.
Usage example: a wholesome young woman in the prime of her life

Good is a synonym for wholesome in healthy topic. You can use "Good" instead the word "Wholesome" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as moral.

Nearby Words: whole, wholesomely

Both words in one sentence

  • As my no doubt fatigued, caffeinated brain tried to find some good or wholesome thing to cling to, it lit instead on the wording on her box of cards.
  • Final Girl While the good and wholesome activist girl we're meant to initially believe is the final girl turns out to be the first victim.
    Source: Final Girl
  • In season two, Ozzy, a petty criminal, deeply resents the upper class Rayburns, who put on the veneer of a good and wholesome family when he knows they have a host of skeletons in their closet.
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