beneficial

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Helpful or good to something or someone.

   • Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.
   • Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those.
2. 2

   Receiving a benefit from something.

   • the beneficial owner of a company
3. 3

   Relating to a benefice.

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   1. 4

      Something that provides a benefit.

      • Daytime temperatures may be too hot for just-released beneficials, and birds and other predators are out in full force during the day.

The neighborhood

• antonymdetrimentalantonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”
• antonymmaleficialantonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”
• antonymnocuousantonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”
• antonymdamagingantonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”
• antonymharmfulantonym(s) of “doing harm to someone”
• antonyminnocuousantonym(s) of “doing neither good nor harm”
• antonymundamagingantonym(s) of “doing neither good nor harm”
• antonymharmlessantonym(s) of “doing neither good nor harm”