healthy (ˈhɛlθɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
Word forms: healthier, healthiest
- enjoying good health
- functioning well or being sound ⇒
the company's finances are not very healthy
- conducive to health; salutary
- indicating soundness of body or mind ⇒
a healthy appetite
- informal considerable in size or amount ⇒
a healthy sum
Alternative Forms
ˈhealthily adverb ˈhealthiness nounSynonyms
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well,
sound,
fit,
strong,
active,
flourishing,
hardy,
blooming,
robust,
vigorous,
sturdy,
hale,
hearty,
in good shape
in good condition,
in the pink
alive and kicking,
fighting fit,
in fine form
in fine fettle,
hale and hearty,
fit as a fiddle,
right as rain,
physically fit
in fine feather,
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wholesome,
beneficial,
nourishing,
good for you,
nutritious,
salutary,
hygienic,
healthful,
salubrious,
health-giving,
Translations
- British English:
healthy
Someone who is healthy is well and strong and is not often ill.People need exercise to stay healthy.ˈhɛlθɪ ADJECTIVE People need exercise to stay healthy.
- Spanish:
sano
adj sana
- French:
sain
adj
- German:
gesund
adj
- Chinese: 健康的 adj
- Arabic: صِحِّيّ adj
- Portuguese: saudável adj
- Russian: здоровый adj здоровая
- Croatian: zdrav adj zdrava
- Czech: zdravý adj
- Danish: sund adj
- Dutch: gezond adj
- Finnish: terve adj
- Greek: υγιής adj
- Italian: sano adj sana
- Japanese: 健康な no_posp
- Korean: 건강한 adj
- Norwegian: sunn adj
- Polish: zdrowy adj zdrowa
- Brazilian Portuguese: saudável adj
- European Spanish:
sano
adj sana
- Swedish: hälsosam adj hälsosamt
- Thai: มีสุขภาพดี adj
- Turkish: sağlıklı adj
- Vietnamese: khỏe mạnh adj
Usage examples
Actually, everything about you suggests a healthy potential for fanaticism.
, Death of a Nymph (1986)Each year BFF focuses on a specific issue, and for 2004 the discussions will centre on healthy eating for children, and school dinners.
Country Life (2004)There is no neoconservative revolt and a turnover of politicians is a healthy byproduct of an approaching election, he said.
Globe and Mail (2003)The litany of goalscorers who have enriched the scene here is long and healthy , but Larsson is the best.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Feelings need to flow, energy needs to keep moving, if we are to stay healthy.
, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)