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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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The presence of two people at the opposite ends of human lifespan showed the Masters' annual Par 3 Contest is not just providing wholesome, family-friendly entertainment.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

A few months later the pair went on a handful of "lovely, wholesome" dates.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Once shooting was done, she says she decompressed by watching “SpongeBob SquarePants” and decidedly more wholesome fare, “just to make sure that the brain was cleared out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 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

I scolded him for it, but he argued quietly that it was very good and very wholesome; that it was life, strong life, and gave life to him.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker