healthy
AdjectiveUS[hel-thee]/ˈhɛlθi/2 syllables
Synonyms:
salubriousgood for youintelligentlevelheadedlevel-headedsoundgoodlygoodishheftyrespectablesizablesizeable
Open English WordNet
Adjective (5)healthier, healthiest
- having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease“a rosy healthy baby”“staying fit and healthy”Opposite unhealthySimilar flushed, good, firm, hearty, rubicund, hale, well-preserved, bouncing +5 moreRelates to health, wellnessSee also fit, robust, sound, well, wholesome
- financially secure and functioning well“a healthy economy”Opposite unsoundSimilar sound
- promoting health; healthful“a healthy diet”“clean healthy air”“plenty of healthy sleep”“healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy”“the salubrious mountain air and water — C.B.Davis”“carrots are good for you”Synonyms: salubriousgood for youOpposite unwholesomeSimilar wholesome
- exercising or showing good judgment“healthy scepticism”“a healthy fear of rattlesnakes”“the healthy attitude of French laws”“healthy relations between labor and management”“an intelligent solution”“a sound approach to the problem”“sound advice”“no sound explanation for his decision”Synonyms: intelligentlevelheadedlevel-headedsoundOpposite unreasonableSimilar reasonable, sensible
- large in amount or extent or degree“it cost a considerable amount”“a goodly amount”“received a hefty bonus”“a respectable sum”“a tidy sum of money”“a sizable fortune”Synonyms: goodlygoodishheftyrespectablesizablesizeabletidyOpposite inconsiderableSimilar considerable
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Translations
Adjective enjoying good health
- Spanish
- sano
- French
- sain
- German
- gesund
- Italian
- sano
- Portuguese
- saudável
- Turkish
- sağlıklı
- Russian
- здоро́вый zdoróvyj
- Arabic
- سَلِيم salīm
- Chinese
- 健康 jiànkāng
- Japanese
- 健康な kenkō na
36 more languages
- Dutch
- gezond
- Polish
- zdrowy
- Swedish
- frisk
- Greek
- υγιής ygiís
- Korean
- 건강하다 geon'ganghada
- Indonesian
- sehat
- Vietnamese
- khỏe mạnh
- Hungarian
- egészséges
- Portuguese (PT)
- saudável
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 健康 jiànkāng
- Albanian
- i shëndetshëm
- Breton
- yac'h
- Catalan
- sa
- Corsican
- sanu
- Czech
- zdravý
- Danish
- sund
- Esperanto
- sana
- Estonian
- terve
- Finnish
- terve
- Georgian
- ჯანმრთელი ǯanmrteli
- Hebrew
- בריא barí
- Icelandic
- heilbrigður
- Kurdish
- saxlem
- Latvian
- vesels
- Lithuanian
- sveikas
- Malagasy
- salama
- Norwegian
- frisk
- Romanian
- sănătos
- Scottish Gaelic
- fallain
- Serbo-Croatian
- zdrav
- Slovak
- zdravý
- Slovenian
- zdrav
- Swahili
- mzima
- Walloon
- e boune santé
- Welsh
- iach
- Yiddish
- געזונט gezunt
Adjective conducive to health
- Spanish
- saludable
- German
- gesund
- Italian
- salutare
- Portuguese
- saudável
- Turkish
- sağlıklı
- Russian
- здоро́вый zdoróvyj
- Arabic
- صِحِّيّ ṣiḥḥiyy
- Chinese
- 健康 jiànkāng
- Dutch
- gezond
- Polish
- zdrowy
20 more languages
- Swedish
- hälsosam
- Greek
- υγιεινός ygieinós
- Hungarian
- egészséges
- Portuguese (PT)
- saudável
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 健康 jiànkāng
- Catalan
- saludable
- Czech
- zdravý
- Danish
- sund
- Esperanto
- saniga
- Estonian
- tervislik
- Finnish
- terveellinen
- Hebrew
- בריא barí
- Icelandic
- hollur
- Latvian
- veselīgs
- Lithuanian
- sveikas
- Norwegian
- sunn
- Romanian
- sănătos
- Slovak
- zdravý
- Slovenian
- zdrav
- Yiddish
- געזונט gezunt
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Health′y (-y̆), adjective [Compar. Healthier (-ĭ·ẽr); superlative Healthiest.]
1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant.
His mind was now in a firm and healthy state.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
Synonyms: Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54