beneficial

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

beneficial

/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ Canada, US, UK
[ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩] Canada, US, UK
/ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/ Canada, US, UK
[ˌbɛn.əˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩] Canada, US, UK
/ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ Australia
[ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩] Australia
/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.əl/ Australia
[ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.ɫ̩] Australia
/ˌben.əˈfəʃ.əl/ New Zealand
[ˌben.əˈfəʃ.ɫ̩] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɪʃəl

Where it comes from

From Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”).

adjective more beneficial · most beneficial · benefitial

Helpful or good to something or someone. Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.
Similar: advantageous, behooveful, helpful, useful, positive
Receiving a benefit from something. the beneficial owner of a company
Relating to a benefice.
Similar: usufructuary, usufructuous

Opposite: detrimental, maleficial, nocuous, damaging, harmful, innocuous, undamaging, harmless

noun beneficials · benefitial

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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: advantageous, good, salutary, healthful, benefit, valuable, beneficiary, worth, propitious, advantage, favourable, worthwhile, favorable, auspicious, supportive, well

adjective

Opposite: detrimental, maleficial, nocuous, damaging, harmful, innocuous, undamaging, harmless

Translations

Every language

adj helpful or good to something or someone

Español	beneficioso
한국어	유익하다 yuikhada, 이롭다 iropda
日本語	有益な yūeki na
中文	有益的 yǒuyì de, 有利的 yǒulì de
हिन्दी	लाभदायक lābhdāyak, हितकारी hitkārī, लाभप्रद lābhaprad
Português	benéfico
Français	bienfaisante, bénéfique
Deutsch	nützlich, vorteilhaft
Italiano	benefico
Ελληνικά	ωφέλιμος ofélimos, επωφελής epofelís
Русский	благотво́рный blagotvórnyj, поле́зный poléznyj
العربية	مُفِيد mufīd
עברית	מועיל moíl, מיטיב metív

adj relating to a benefice

Français	bénéficial

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"beneficial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beneficial. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

beneficial. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beneficial

Chicago

"beneficial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beneficial.

BibTeX

@misc{beneficial_2026,
  title = {beneficial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beneficial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}