Synonyms for beneficial
ˌbɛn əˈfɪʃ əlben·e·fi·cial

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1. beneficialadjective

   Antonyms:
   harmful, detrimental, unfavourable

2. beneficialadjective

   Recycling and reusing garbage can have beneficial effects on the environment.

   Antonyms:
   unfavourable, detrimental, harmful

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1. beneficial

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

   Antonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

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1. beneficial

   Synonyms:
   profitable, salutary, advantageous, wholesome, salubrious

   Antonyms:
   prejudicial, noxious, hurtful, unprofitable, detrimental

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1. beneficial, goodadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   upright, dependable, just, right, full, undecomposed, ripe, estimable, honorable, expert, proficient, secure, in effect(p), effective, skillful, well(p), serious, skilful, salutary, good, unspoiled, in force(p), respectable, honest, practiced, adept, sound, near, unspoilt, dear, safe

   Antonyms:
   disadvantageous

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1. advantageous.

   Submitted by ahmedamr7383 on November 29, 2022  

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1. beneficialadjective

   Synonyms:
   useful, profitable, advantageous, helpful, serviceable, salutary, good, for one's advantage, for one's good, for one's interest

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1. beneficialadjective

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, salutary, profitable, useful, wholesome

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1. List of paraphrases for "beneficial":

   advantageous, useful, favourable, positive, helpful, profitable, salutary, favorable, charitable, good, fruitful, win-win, worthwhile, conducive, benefit

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1. L. M. K. Boelter:

   Engineers participate in the activities which make the resources of nature available in a form beneficial to man and provide systems which will perform optimally and economically.

2. Lynn Bufka:

   Routines and rituals are very beneficial to us, because they're things that we understand and know what to expect from them, the routine sets up for us, without having to think about what we're going to do next,' Here is how my day is going to flow,'.

3. Sibel Siber:

   Peace will bring a new economic impetus to both societies, solving the Cyprus problem will be beneficial not only to Cypriots themselves but to guarantors Greece and Turkey.

4. Swati Chaturvedi:

   One key aspect of the final rules that I think will be beneficial to startups is that there are no required audited financial statements for first time crowdfunding issuers, providing audited financial statements is an expensive and time intensive process – one that many startups cannot afford at their current stage of growth. Allowing reviewed financial statements instead of audited ones lowers the cost for startups who are seeking to raise funding.

5. Sam Previte:

   If we are experiencing guilt and shame with food, we could have the most nutrient-dense meal plan in the world, and it's not going to be beneficial because of that guilt and shame... and the psychological effects of dieting and restricting.