Beneficial

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beneficial \Ben`e*fi"cial\, a. [Cf. F. b['e]n['e]ficial, LL.
     beneficialis.]
     1. Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful;
        advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end;
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              The war which would have been most beneficial to us.
                                                    --Swift.
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     2. (Law) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive,
        advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an
        estate. --Kent.
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     3. King. [Obs.] "A beneficial foe." --B. Jonson.
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     Syn: See {Advantage}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  beneficial
       adj 1: promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation
              agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the
              beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the
              experience was good for her" [syn: {good}]
       2: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to
          health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good
          night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air" [syn:
           {good}, {salutary}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "beneficial":
     advantageous, aidful, appropriate, auspicious, banausic,
     benevolent, benign, bon, bonny, bracing, braw, bueno, capital,
     cogent, commendable, commodious, conducive, constitutional,
     constructive, contributory, effective, efficacious, elegant,
     employable, estimable, excellent, expedient, fair, famous,
     favorable, fine, fitting, functional, furthersome, good, good for,
     goodly, grand, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful,
     healthy, helpful, hygeian, hygienic, invigorating, kind, laudable,
     nice, noble, of general utility, of help, of service, of use,
     pleasant, positive, practical, pragmatical, profitable, proper,
     refreshing, regal, remedial, royal, salubrious, salutary, sanitary,
     serviceable, skillful, sound, splendid, supportive, therapeutic,
     tonic, useful, utilitarian, valid, very good, virtuous,
     wholesome
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  BENEFICIAL. Of advantage, profit or interest; as the wife has a beneficial 
  interest in property held by a trustee for her. Vide Cestui que trust.