healthy

Adjective
US[hel-thee]/ˈhɛlθi/2 syllables

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Adjective (5)healthier, healthiest

  1. 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
  2. financially secure and functioning well“a healthy economy”Opposite unsoundSimilar sound
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
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
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
Welsh
iach
Yiddish
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Adjective conducive to health

Spanish
saludable
German
gesund
Italian
salutare
Portuguese
saudável
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
Hebrew
בריא barí
Icelandic
hollur
Latvian
veselīgs
Lithuanian
sveikas
Norwegian
sunn
Romanian
sănătos
Slovak
zdravý
Slovenian
zdrav
Yiddish
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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

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