Antonyms for beneficial
ˌbɛn əˈfɪʃ əlben·e·fi·cial

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1. beneficialadjective

   Antonyms:
   harmful, detrimental, unfavourable

2. beneficialadjective

   Recycling and reusing garbage can have beneficial effects on the environment.

   Antonyms:
   unfavourable, detrimental, harmful

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. beneficial

   Antonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. beneficial

   Antonyms:
   prejudicial, noxious, hurtful, unprofitable, detrimental

   Synonyms:
   profitable, salutary, advantageous, wholesome, salubrious

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.8 / 11 votes

1. beneficial, goodadjective

   promoting or enhancing well-being

   "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her"

   Antonyms:
   disadvantageous

   Synonyms:
   upright, dependable, just, right, full, undecomposed, ripe, estimable, honorable, expert, proficient, secure, in effect(p), effective, skillful, well(p), serious, skilful, salutary, good, unspoiled, in force(p), respectable, honest, practiced, adept, sound, near, unspoilt, dear, safe

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beneficialadjective

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, salutary, profitable, useful, wholesome

How to use beneficial in a sentence?

1. Heather Mangieri:

   Having a higher protein portion is going to help fill you up and that’s beneficial if you’re trying to lose weight.

2. Jack Sproule:

   The stock market has been beneficial for our endowment, because we were well-invested, we weren't badly hurt by the financial crisis of 2008.

3. Rebecca Marcus:

   Using extra moisturizer can be beneficial when skin is extra dry, especially in winter months, as long as it’s not an occlusive product that clogs pores, feel free to use as much moisturizer as you need to help your skin feel adequately quenched.

4. David Perry:

   We're not modifying nature in any way, we're simply identifying micro-organisms that are already beneficial to the plants and applying them in high concentrations to the seed.

5. Jenny Radesky:

   The advice that I would give to parents is that if they are worrying about their child having some sleep problems, they should consult a specialist, in many cases, these parental worries are indeed part of a normative developmental stage( such as, for example, their child waking up a few times during the night, or having problems falling asleep) but still it would be beneficial to know that, and parents could feel more relaxed ; but in other cases, these are indeed part of a developmental problem.

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