Antonyms for wholesome
ˈhoʊl səmwhole·some

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1. wholesomeadjective

   Antonyms:
   unwholesome

2. wholesomeadjective

   Antonyms:
   unwholesome

3. wholesomeadjective

   Antonyms:
   unwholesome

4. wholesomeadjective

   sound and healthy

   Antonyms:
   unwholesome

   Synonyms:
   healthful, healthy, salubrious

5. wholesomeadjective

   Antonyms:
   unwholesome

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1. wholesome

   Healthy is most correctly used to signify possessing or enjoying health or its results; as, a healthy person; a healthy condition. Healthful signifies promotive of health, tending or adapted to confer, preserve, or promote health; as, a healthful climate. Wholesome food in a healthful climate makes a healthy man. With healthful are ranged the words hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, and wholesome, while the other words are associated with healthy. Salubrious is always used in the physical sense, and is chiefly applied to air or climate. Salutary is now chiefly used in the moral sense; as, a salutary lesson.

   Antonyms:
   delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Synonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well

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1. wholesome

   Antonyms:
   unhealthy, unhealthful, insalubrious, insanitary, prejudicial, unwholesome, deleterious, detrimental, morbific

   Synonyms:
   healthful, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, beneficial, nutritious, healing

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1. wholesomeadjective

   conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being

   "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"

   Antonyms:
   offensive, jejune, unhealthful, loathsome, nauseous, morbid, insalubrious, nauseating, sickening, insubstantial, noisome, queasy, unwholesome, vile, unhealthy, rich

2. wholesomeadjective

   sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind

   "exercise develops wholesome appetites"; "a grin on his ugly wholesome face"

   Antonyms:
   queasy, sickening, morbid, rich, nauseating, jejune, unhealthy, insalubrious, noisome, nauseous, offensive, loathsome, unhealthful, vile, insubstantial, unwholesome

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1. wholesomeadjective

   Antonyms:
   unhealthy

   Synonyms:
   healthy, salubrious, salutary, nutritious, beneficial

How to use wholesome in a sentence?

1. Joel H. Hildebrand:

   The invention of IQ did a great disservice to creativity in education. ... Individuality, personality, originality, are too precious to be meddled with by amateur psychiatrists whose patterns for a 'wholesome personality' are inevitably their own.

2. Mickey Mehta:

   Free yourself from counting calories and start nourishing yourselves with wholesomeness. Wholesome food influences your thought, attitude, behavior, and spoken words. Eat, enjoy, exercise and MickeyMize your life.

3. Emily Dickinson:

   A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.

4. Aretha Franklin:

   I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music.

5. Mark Whittle:

   I think you really should learn the stories of these young ladies, you really should read the bios and know what they go through, he said. Pastorchikcompeted for the title against 100 otheryoung women at the 19thannual swimsuit competition. The finalists were selected from more than 18,000 Hooters waitresses who currently work in one of the more than 400 restaurants worldwide. According to Hooters, contestants are evaluated based on responses to interview questions, personality and overall contribution to the Hooters brand, as well as swimsuit attire. The cornerstone of the brand is the world famous Hooters girls, she is beautiful, wholesome, optimistic, charismatic and the greatest antidote to a bad day. Pastorchik will receive a $ 30,000 cash prize and the chance to serve as the face of the Hooters brand with opportunities to appear in advertisements and assist in international openings. The newHooters queen has her real estate license and attends a technical school where she studies business. She says she plans to put her winnings towards a four-year degree.

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