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Definitions

wholesome

[hohl-suhm] / ˈhoʊl səm /
ADJECTIVE
healthy, decent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
healthful hygienic pure
WEAK
all there beneficial clean edifying ethical exemplary fit good hale health-giving helpful honorable in fine feather in the pink innocent invigorating moral nice normal nourishing nutritious nutritive respectable restorative right righteous safe salubrious salutary sane sanitary sound strengthening together virtuous well worthy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
contaminated dirty
WEAK
bad impure indecent unhealthy unwholesome

Example Sentences

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Keen says she actually preferred Galaxy to the first film as it has "loads of funny moments" alongside "cute, wholesome moments".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

On the one hand, it’s a “relatively harmless, wholesome form of entertainment.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

There is no modest, wholesome attempt at going out on his own to make a life beyond what marital destiny provided.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Hainsworth remembers it as "wholesome and beautiful work".

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

If sweet is the right word: wholesome, maybe, is nearer.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.