adjective

salubrious

/səˈl(y)o͞obrēəs/

Favorable to or promoting health or well-being; healthful, wholesome, invigorating.

Example

“After months in the city, she craved the salubrious mountain air and the quiet of the pines.”

Origin

From Latin salubris (“healthful”), related to salus (“health, well-being”) — the same root that gives us salute and salutary. First recorded in English in the mid-16th century.

Synonyms

healthful
wholesome
invigorating
bracing
restorative

Try it in a sentence

Think of a place, habit, or routine that feels genuinely salubrious to you — what makes it so?