Beneficial

Origin

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

Full definition of beneficial

Adjective

1. Helpful or good to something or someone.
• 2013-06-29, A punch in the gut, 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.
2. Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.

Antonyms

• detrimental
• harmful
• unfavourable

Derived terms

• beneficial owner