beneficial

beneficial

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of beneficial in English

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English

Etymology

From Late Latin beneficiālis (beneficial), from Latin beneficium (benefit, favor, kindness).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bĕnəfĭsh'əl, IPA(key): /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

Adjective

beneficial (comparative more beneficial, superlative most beneficial)

  1. Helpful or good to something or someone.
  2. Relating to a benefice.

Synonyms

  • (helpful or good): advantageous, behooveful (archaic), helpful, useful
  • (relating to a benefice): usufructuary, usufructuous

Antonyms

  • (doing harm to someone): detrimental, maleficial, nocuous, damaging, harmful
  • (doing neither good nor harm): innocuous, undamaging, harmless

Derived terms

  • beneficialness
  • beneficial insect
  • beneficial owner

Translations

Noun

beneficial (plural beneficials)

  1. Something that provides a benefit.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin beneficiālis

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.nə.fi.siˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [be.ne.fi.siˈal]

Adjective

beneficial m or f (masculine and feminine plural beneficials)

  1. (relational) of a benefice

Related terms

  • benefici
  • beneficiar

Further reading

  • “beneficial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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