Beneficial \Ben`e*fi"cial\, a. [Cf. F. b['e]n['e]ficial, LL.
beneficialis.]
1. Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful;
advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end;
-- followed by to.
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The war which would have been most beneficial to us.
--Swift.
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2. (Law) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive,
advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an
estate. --Kent.
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3. King. [Obs.] "A beneficial foe." --B. Jonson.
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Syn: See Advantage.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
beneficial
adj 1: promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation
agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the
beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the
experience was good for her" [syn: good]
2: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to
health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good
night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air" [syn:
good, salutary]
WordNet (r) 2.0
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "beneficial":
advantageous, aidful, appropriate, auspicious, banausic,
benevolent, benign, bon, bonny, bracing, braw, bueno, capital,
cogent, commendable, commodious, conducive, constitutional,
constructive, contributory, effective, efficacious, elegant,
employable, estimable, excellent, expedient, fair, famous,
favorable, fine, fitting, functional, furthersome, good, good for,
goodly, grand, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful,
healthy, helpful, hygeian, hygienic, invigorating, kind, laudable,
nice, noble, of general utility, of help, of service, of use,
pleasant, positive, practical, pragmatical, profitable, proper,
refreshing, regal, remedial, royal, salubrious, salutary, sanitary,
serviceable, skillful, sound, splendid, supportive, therapeutic,
tonic, useful, utilitarian, valid, very good, virtuous,
wholesome
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
BENEFICIAL. Of advantage, profit or interest; as the wife has a beneficial
interest in property held by a trustee for her. Vide Cestui que trust.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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