wholesome
Good for you and healthy.
wholesome in a sentence
- Gran cooked a wholesome stew packed with fresh vegetables.
- A wholesome breakfast of porridge and fruit kept the swimmers going all morning.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to wholesome?
- Adamaging
- Bhealthy
- Charmful
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B: healthy. The other three mean the opposite of wholesome.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to wholesome?
- Aharmful
- Bgood
- Chealthy
- Dnourishing
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A: harmful. The other three mean nearly the same as wholesome.
Words that mean something similar
healthy, good, nourishing
Words that mean the opposite
harmful, damaging
More words about behaviour & manners
- yield: To give in and stop fighting, or to produce something like crops.
- adhere: To stick firmly to something, or to follow a rule closely.
- admirable: So good that people look up to it and praise it.
- aggravate: To make a problem worse, or to really annoy someone.
- appease: To calm someone down by giving them what they want.
- assiduous: Working with great care, effort and determination.
- awkward: Uncomfortable and clumsy, or difficult to deal with.
- beguile: To charm or trick someone in a clever way.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test