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salubrious

UK/səˈl(j)uː.bɹi.əs/US/səˈlu.bɹi.əs/
adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,126 of 15,258neutral

Salubrious means good for health, or pleasant to live in. A salubrious climate, a less salubrious area, salubrious surroundings.

It is used most often in the negative, and a less than salubrious neighbourhood is an estate agent's way of saying rough. The original sense is medical, and Victorian resorts advertised the salubrious air.

Definitions of salubrious

  1. 1adjectivesalubriousGood for health, or pleasant to live in.C2

    “They moved from the city to a more salubrious neighbourhood with parks and clean air.”

salubrious is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin salubris means healthful, from salus, health.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *solh₂-

  2. Latin

    salūber — healthy

  3. English, today

    salubrious

From Latin salūber (“healthy”) ous.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

salubrious in the wild

  • Marianao is on a range of hills of about 1500 above sea level and is noted for its salubrious climate.

    Marianao

  • The reference to the salubrious mountain air is due to the village hilly location.

    Rivara

  • A hill on the sea coast with a salubrious (healthy) climate was an ideal attraction for the Buddhist monks to build a monastery complex.

    Thotlakonda

  • The town enjoys salubrious climate, and the majority population is involved in agriculture.

    Devrukh

  • Situated 823 metres above sealevel, it has a salubrious weather most of the year.

    Talavady

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.