beneficial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩] (Australia)
- [ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩] (Australia)
- [ˌben.əˈfəʃ.ɫ̩] (New-Zealand)
- /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- bĕnəfĭsh'əl (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ (Australia)
- /ˌben.əˈfəʃ.əl/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.əl/ (Australia)
- bĕnĭfĭsh'əl (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”).
Meanings
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Helpful or good to something or someone.
Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those.
2019 October 7, Sandee LaMotte, “The germiest place in your home and the best way to combat those microbes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2023:Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:
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Receiving a benefit from something.
the beneficial owner of a company
- Relating to a benefice.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more beneficial | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| benefitial | alternative, misspelling | lexicographic | |
| most beneficial | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
nocuous (antonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”) · maleficial (antonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”) · harmful (antonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”) · harmless (antonym(s) of “doing neither good nor harm”) · damaging (antonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”) · innocuous (antonym(s) of “doing neither good nor harm”) · undamaging (antonym(s) of “doing neither good nor harm”) · detrimental (antonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”)
Deriveds
beneficiality · renobeneficial · beneficially · unbeneficial · beneficial owner · beneficial insect · beneficialness · cardiobeneficial · nonbeneficial
Synonyms
useful (helpful or good) · advantageous (helpful or good) · helpful (helpful or good) · usufructuary (relating to a benefice) · behooveful (helpful or good) · positive (helpful or good) · usufructuous (relating to a benefice)
Translations (68)
gl benéfico (helpful or good to something or someone) · sl dobrodejen (helpful or good to something or someone) · el επωφελής (helpful or good to something or someone) · uk кори́сний (helpful or good to something or someone) · ast benéficu (helpful or good to something or someone) · ca beneficiós (helpful or good to something or someone) · enm spedful (helpful or good to something or someone) · sk prospešný (helpful or good to something or someone) · sh користан (helpful or good to something or someone) · da gavnlig (helpful or good to something or someone) · hi हितकारी (helpful or good to something or someone) · nb fordelaktig (helpful or good to something or someone) · bg поле́зен (helpful or good to something or someone) · sl koristen (helpful or good to something or someone) · be кары́сны (helpful or good to something or someone) · be выго́дны (helpful or good to something or someone) · fi tervetullut (helpful or good to something or someone) · uk благотво́рний (helpful or good to something or someone) · hi लाभप्रद (helpful or good to something or someone) · sv fördelaktig (helpful or good to something or someone) · cmn 有利的 (helpful or good to something or someone) · grc ὠφέλιμος (helpful or good to something or someone) · fi hyödyllinen (helpful or good to something or someone) · fr bienfaisante (helpful or good to something or someone) · he מיטיב (helpful or good to something or someone) · be дабратво́рны (helpful or good to something or someone) · sh blagotvoran (helpful or good to something or someone) · sh koristan (helpful or good to something or someone) · bg благотво́рен (helpful or good to something or someone) · gl beneficioso (helpful or good to something or someone) · hy շահեկան (helpful or good to something or someone) · es beneficioso (helpful or good to something or someone) · mi whaihua (helpful or good to something or someone) · cs prospěšný (helpful or good to something or someone) · pt benéfico (helpful or good to something or someone) · mi whaioranga (helpful or good to something or someone) · he מועיל (helpful or good to something or someone) · pl korzystny (helpful or good to something or someone) · it benefico (helpful or good to something or someone) · fa مفید (helpful or good to something or someone) · pdt nutzboa (helpful or good to something or someone) · ru благотво́рный (helpful or good to something or someone) · az xeyirli (helpful or good to something or someone) · de nützlich (helpful or good to something or someone) · sh благотворан (helpful or good to something or someone) · ast beneficiosu (helpful or good to something or someone) · fr bénéfique (helpful or good to something or someone) · de vorteilhaft (helpful or good to something or someone) · kmr sûdbexş (helpful or good to something or someone) · ko 이롭다 (helpful or good to something or someone) · ar مُفِيد (helpful or good to something or someone) · fa سودمند (helpful or good to something or someone) · hi लाभदायक (helpful or good to something or someone) · fi hyvästä (helpful or good to something or someone) · hy օգտակար (helpful or good to something or someone) · uk ви́гідний (helpful or good to something or someone) · fi suotuisa (helpful or good to something or someone) · nl gunstig (helpful or good to something or someone) · ja 有益な (helpful or good to something or someone) · az faydalı (helpful or good to something or someone) · sv gynnsam (helpful or good to something or someone) · ko 유익하다 (helpful or good to something or someone) · mk добротворен (helpful or good to something or someone) · nn fordelaktig (helpful or good to something or someone) · ru поле́зный (helpful or good to something or someone) · el ωφέλιμος (helpful or good to something or someone) · cmn 有益的 (helpful or good to something or someone) · fr bénéficial (relating to a benefice)