salubrious

[ suh-loo-bree-uhs ]

adjective

1. favorable to or promoting health; healthful:

   salubrious air.

salubrious

/ səˈluːbrɪtɪ; səˈluːbrɪəs /

adjective

1. conducive or favourable to health; wholesome

Derived Forms

• saˈlubriously, adverb
• saˈlubriousness, noun

Other Words From

• sa·lubri·ous·ly adverb
• sa·lubri·ous·ess sa·lu·bri·ty [s, uh, -, loo, -bri-tee], noun
• nonsa·lubri·ous adjective
• nonsa·lubri·ous·ly adverb
• nonsa·lubri·ous·ness noun
• unsa·lubri·ous adjective
• unsa·lubri·ous·ly adverb
• unsa·lubri·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of salubrious¹

1540–50; from Latin salūbr(is) “promoting health” (akin to salūs “health”) + -ious

Word History and Origins

Origin of salubrious¹

C16: from Latin salūbris, from salūs health

Synonym Study

See healthy.

Example Sentences

“You get a very scientific penitentiary in a very cold region that they believe to be salubrious.”

From Los Angeles Times

If it weren’t for the war, a more salubrious place to do science would be hard to imagine.

From Science Magazine

Yet the study also found that during that period the shuttering of coal plants in the United State, coupled with the installation of scrubbers in the smokestacks to “clean” coal exhaust, has had salubrious effects.

From New York Times

In my experience, living attuned to Earth’s cycles and seasons — and I don’t mean shopping for outerwear online — has a salubrious effect on body, mind and soul.

From Washington Post

The Internet is in fact a place where devils scream back and forth, but there are millions of them now, enough to remind us of how salubrious it can be to take a break.

From Salon