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Definition of Healthy
1. Adjective. Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease. "Staying fit and healthy"
Also: Fit, Robust, Well, Wholesome
Similar to: Flushed, Rose-cheeked, Rosy, Rosy-cheeked, Bouncing, Firm, Good, Sound, Hale, Whole, Hearty, Full-blooded, Hearty, Lusty, Red-blooded, Anicteric, Rock-loving, Florid, Rubicund, Ruddy, Sanguine, Sun-loving, Water-loving, Well-preserved, Wholesome
Derivative terms: Health, Health, Healthiness
Antonyms: Unhealthy
2. Adjective. Financially secure and functioning well. "A healthy economy"
3. Adjective. Promoting health; healthful. "Carrots are good for you"
Similar to: Wholesome
Derivative terms: Salubriousness, Salubrity
4. Adjective. Exercising or showing good judgment. "No sound explanation for his decision"
5. Adjective. Large in amount or extent or degree. "A sizable fortune"
Similar to: Considerable
Derivative terms: Heftiness, Sizeableness
Definition of Healthy
1. a. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant.
Definition of Healthy
1. having good health [adj HEALTHIER, HEALTHIEST]
Medical Definition of Healthy
1. 1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant. "His mind was now in a firm and healthy state." (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. Synonym: Vigorous, sound, hale, salubrious, healthful, wholesome, salutary. Origin: Healthier; Healthiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Healthy
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