[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

beneficial \ben`efi"cial\, a. cf. f. b'en'eficial, ll.
   beneficialis.
   1. conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful;
      advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end;
      -- followed by to.
      1913 webster

            the war which would have been most beneficial to us.
                                                  --swift.
      1913 webster

   2. law receiving, or entitled to have or receive,
      advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an
      estate. --kent.
      1913 webster

   3. king. obs. "a beneficial foe." --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

   syn: see advantage.
        1913 webster
see also:
advantage 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

beneficial
     adj 1: promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation
            agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the
            beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the
            experience was good for her" syn: good
     2: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to
        health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good
        night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air" syn:
         good, salutary
see also:
good salutary 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

80 moby thesaurus words for "beneficial":
   advantageous, aidful, appropriate, auspicious, banausic,
   benevolent, benign, bon, bonny, bracing, braw, bueno, capital,
   cogent, commendable, commodious, conducive, constitutional,
   constructive, contributory, effective, efficacious, elegant,
   employable, estimable, excellent, expedient, fair, famous,
   favorable, fine, fitting, functional, furthersome, good, good for,
   goodly, grand, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful,
   healthy, helpful, hygeian, hygienic, invigorating, kind, laudable,
   nice, noble, of general utility, of help, of service, of use,
   pleasant, positive, practical, pragmatical, profitable, proper,
   refreshing, regal, remedial, royal, salubrious, salutary, sanitary,
   serviceable, skillful, sound, splendid, supportive, therapeutic,
   tonic, useful, utilitarian, valid, very good, virtuous,
   wholesome

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

beneficial. of advantage, profit or interest; as the wife has a beneficial 
interest in property held by a trustee for her. vide cestui que trust. 

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