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Definitions

wholesome

[hohl-suhm] / ˈhoʊl səm /
ADJECTIVE
healthy, decent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
healthful hygienic pure
WEAK
all there beneficial clean edifying ethical exemplary fit good hale health-giving helpful honorable in fine feather in the pink innocent invigorating moral nice normal nourishing nutritious nutritive respectable restorative right righteous safe salubrious salutary sane sanitary sound strengthening together virtuous well worthy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
contaminated dirty
WEAK
bad impure indecent unhealthy unwholesome

Example Sentences

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I saw this as a very clean, wholesome, funny show, with innocent, though sometimes worrisome childhood struggles that many people could relate to, if only aspirationally for some.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

But Van Der Beek’s wholesome good looks belied his creative ambitions.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

"It's just really disheartening because it's such a delightful hobby and it's so wholesome and then moments like that really break your heart," Wosley said.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Hainsworth remembers it as "wholesome and beautiful work".

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

Beneath that wholesome scent was the indelible stench of mildew, urine, and unwashed bodies.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo