wholesomea.[Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.]()1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.()Wholesome thirst and appetite. (Milton.)From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. (A Smith.)2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.()A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. (Prov. xv. 4.)I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. (Shak.)A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. (Sir W. Scott.)3. Sound; healthy.(Shak.)()