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medicinal
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of MEDICINAL
1
tending to cure disease or restore health <even in Roman times the hot mineral springs of Bath, England, were believed to possess medicinal properties>
Related Words healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanative, wholesome; alleviative, corrective, tonic
Near Antonyms insalubrious, noisome, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; deleterious, injurious, pernicious; infectious, poisonous, toxic; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, ill; insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary
2
beneficial to the health of body or mind <if gin and tonic is the medicinal potion that he claims, then he's done a lot of self-medication of late>
Synonyms good, healthy, medicinal, restorative, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, sanative, tonic, wholesome
Related Words alleviative, corrective, curative, recuperative, refreshing, rehabilitative, rejuvenating, rejuvenescent, remedial; advantageous, useful; antiseptic, aseptic, clean, hygienic, sanitary; nourishing, nutritional, nutritious; nonpoisonous, nontoxic
Near Antonyms damaging, deleterious, harmful, injurious, pernicious; infectious, poisonous, sickening, toxic; insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary
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