healthy

[ hel-thee ]

/ ˈhɛl θi /

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adjective, health·i·er, health·i·est.

possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body;a healthy mind.

pertaining to or characteristic of good health or a sound and vigorous mind: a healthy appearance;healthy attitudes.

conducive to good health; healthful: healthy recreations.

eligible for the Food and Drug Administration's label certifying that a food is suitable for helping consumers achieve a total diet that conforms to dietary recommendations.

prosperous or sound: a healthy business.

Informal. fairly large: I bought a healthy number of books.

OTHER WORDS FOR healthy

1 hale, hearty, robust.

3 nutritious, nourishing.

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OPPOSITES FOR healthy

1 sick.

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Origin of healthy

First recorded in 1545–55; health + -y¹

synonym study for healthy

3. Healthy, healthful, salubrious, salutary, wholesome refer to the promotion of health. Healthy, while applied especially to what possesses health, is also applicable to what is conducive to health: a healthy climate; not a healthy place to be. Healthful and salubrious are applied chiefly to what is conducive to health: healthful diet or exercise; a salubrious impact on mental outlook. Salutary suggests something that is conducive to well-being generally, as well as beneficial in preserving or in restoring health: salutary effects; to take salutary measures. It is used also to indicate moral benefit: to have a salutary fear of devious behavior. Wholesome has connotations of attractive freshness and purity; it applies to what is good for one, physically, morally, or both: wholesome food; wholesome influences or advice.

OTHER WORDS FROM healthy

health·i·ly, adverbhealth·i·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH healthy

healthful, healthy (see synonym study at the current entry)

Words nearby healthy

health salts, Health Service Commissioner, health spa, health stamp, health visitor, healthy, healthyish, Healy, Heaney, HEAO, heap

How to use healthy in a sentence

“There are historic reasons why talking about sex is jarring, and those reasons aren’t very healthy,” Borichevsky says.
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I realized I needed to be healthier, and walking is just one piece of it.
The ‘garbage guy’ walks 12 miles a day around D.C. picking up trash: ‘I’ll pick up pretty much anything.’|Sydney Page|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
So, if you’re both largely healthy, don’t feel like you have to hold off on cuddling or having sex.
How to celebrate Valentine’s Day in a pandemic|Sara Kiley Watson|February 10, 2021|Popular-Science
Hopefully we can have a healthy lineup once we start playing again.
The Caps are dealing with an unexpected break. They hope to use it to recover and reset.|Samantha Pell|February 10, 2021|Washington Post

Having a better understanding of coyotes and how they play a role in our cities will lead to a safer and healthier urban ecosystem.
Four wild animals that are thriving in cities|By Ryan Chelius/Outdoor Life|February 9, 2021|Popular-Science
The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
And more trivial modifications like altering bodily odors and promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Design Your Own Dinosaur: The Era of Custom DNA|Justin Jones|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At present, not every woman is young enough, fertile enough, or healthy enough to have a baby using her own eggs or her own womb.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But self-doubt, while a healthy quality for human beings to have, is alas not a plus for politicians.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They just might change how they feel, how healthy they are, and how they live their lives.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Out gets Uncle David, looking brown and healthy after his northern excursion.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
It will hold tenaciously there, the last of its race, days after the decay of its greener and more healthy-looking mates.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
And as I know you are always so busy telling people how perfectly healthy they are, come next Sunday to tea at five.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Notwithstanding the intense heat the open-air life of the march was healthy, and, in many respects, agreeable.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Well over 70 now, healthy and p. 93energetic still, he occupies the position he did then.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

British Dictionary definitions for healthy

healthy

/ (ˈhɛlθɪ) /

adjective healthier or healthiest

enjoying good health

functioning well or being soundthe company's finances are not very healthy

conducive to health; salutary

indicating soundness of body or minda healthy appetite

informal considerable in size or amounta healthy sum

Derived forms of healthy

healthily, adverbhealthiness, noun

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