Dictionary entry details
• HEALTHY (adjective)
Meaning:
Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
Context examples:
a rosy healthy baby / staying fit and healthy
Similar:
anicteric (not affected by jaundice)
rock-loving (of plants that flourish in a rocky environment)
florid; rubicund; ruddy; sanguine (inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life)
sun-loving ((of plants) flourishing in strong sunlight)
water-loving ((of plants) flourishing with lots of water)
well-preserved (used of older persons who are healthy)
wholesome (sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind)
full-blooded; hearty; lusty; red-blooded (endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health)
hearty (consuming abundantly and with gusto)
hale; whole (exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health)
flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy; rosy-cheeked (having the pinkish flush of health)
bouncing (vigorously healthy)
firm (possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue)
flourishing; growing; thriving (having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life)
good; sound (in excellent physical condition)
Also:
fit; healthy (physically and mentally sound or healthy)
wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)
robust (physically strong)
well (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury)
Attribute:
health; wellness (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease)
Antonym:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Meaning:
Financially secure and functioning well
Context example:
a healthy economy
Similar:
sound (financially secure and safe)
Meaning:
Promoting health; healthful
Synonyms:
good for you; salubrious; healthy
Context examples:
a healthy diet / clean healthy air / plenty of healthy sleep / healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy / the salubrious mountain air and water / carrots are good for you
Similar:
wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)
Meaning:
Physically and mentally sound or healthy
Synonyms:
fit; healthy
Context examples:
felt relaxed and fit after their holiday / keeps fit with diet and exercise
Similar:
able; able-bodied (having a strong healthy body)
conditioned; in condition (physically fit)
Also:
healthy (having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease)
sound (financially secure and safe)
well (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury)
Meaning:
Exercising or showing good judgment
Synonyms:
levelheaded; level-headed; sound; intelligent; healthy
Context examples:
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
Similar:
reasonable; sensible (showing reason or sound judgment)
