1.
[syn: fitter, healthier]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Healthy \Health"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Healthier
(-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Healthiest.]
1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound;
free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant.
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His mind was now in a firm and healthy state.
--Macaulay.
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2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy
complexion.
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3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as,
a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
Syn: Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome;
salutary.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
healthier
adj 1: improved in health or physical condition [syn: fitter,
healthier]