Definitions for wholesome

wholesome whole·some

Spelling: [hohl-suh m]
IPA: /ˈhoʊl səm/

Wholesome is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 254 anagrams from letters in wholesome (eehlmoosw).

Definitions for wholesome

adjective

  1. conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial:
  2. conducive to bodily health; healthful; salubrious:
  3. suggestive of physical or moral health, especially in appearance.
  4. healthy or sound.

Origin of wholesome

1150-1200; Middle English ho(o)lsom (see whole, -some1); cognate with Old High German heilsam, Old Norse heilsamr

Examples for wholesome

Mine were days of wholesome repression, punishment, and fear.

But religious tolerance would be a wholesome goodie for every boy and girl.

The next moment a wholesome rage sent the blood to my brain.

And a wholesome corrective is the Sunday service after the sights of Lourdes.

They did "wholesome things like hiking and hanging out at home."

She with power, power to make things straight and sunny and wholesome!

Two weeks in the world of wholesome niceness also leaves you undefended and strangely serene and a bit childlike.

"Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food," he declared on July 9, 1984.

But it must not be eaten in this condition, for it would be neither palatable nor wholesome.

We struggle to think of them as unhealthy, because they seem so pure, so wholesome, so stocked with goodness.

Word Value for wholesome
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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