Healthful and Vital

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Healthful adjective - Beneficial to the health of body or mind.

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Vital is an antonym for healthful.

Nearby Words: healthy, health, healthily, healthfully

Vital adjective - Likely to cause or capable of causing death.

Usage example: received a vital wound in the abdomen

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Healthful is an antonym for vital.

Nearby Words: vitality, vitally, vitalize, vitalism

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Vital and Healthful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/healthful/vital

Healthful & Vital. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/healthful/vital>.

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