beneficial

Meaning of beneficial

adjective
  1. resulting in good; favourable or advantageous.
    the beneficial effect on the economy
    the process was beneficial to both supplier and customer
  2. relating to rights to the use or benefit of property, other than legal title.
    the appellant had no beneficial interest in the house

late Middle English: from late Latin beneficialis, from beneficium (see benefice).

Information about beneficial

Hyphenation of beneficial

ben-e-fi-cial

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • beneficial is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

beneficial synonyms

Meaning good:

good, salutary

Meaning involving or creating favourable circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness; beneficial:

advantageous

Meaning useful:

helpful

Meaning able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways:

useful

Meaning fulfilling its function adequately; usable:

serviceable

Meaning serving as a means of pursuing an aim or policy:

instrumental

Meaning extremely useful or important:

valuable

Meaning worth the time, money, or effort spent; of value or importance:

worthwhile

Meaning constructive, optimistic, or confident:

positive

Meaning beneficial; useful:

profitable

Meaning providing satisfaction; gratifying:

rewarding

Meaning serving to increase wealth or resources; providing money or other benefit:

gainful

Meaning producing good or helpful results; productive:

fruitful

Meaning producing a great deal of profit:

lucrative

Meaning financially rewarding; lucrative:

remunerative

Meaning achieving a significant amount or result:

productive

Meaning giving or indicating a good chance of success; favourable:

propitious

Meaning showing signs of future success:

promising

beneficial antonyms

Meaning involving or creating unfavourable circumstances that reduce the chances of success or effectiveness:

disadvantageous

Meaning tending to cause harm:

detrimental

Translation of beneficial

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