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well-balanced Definition

well·-balanced (wel′bal′ənst)

adjective

  1. nicely or exactly balanced, adjusted, or regulated a well-balanced meal
  2. sane, sensible, and reliable

well-balanced Synonyms

well-balanced

modif.

steady, sensible, well-adjusted; see reliable 1.

well-balanced Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • diet: A healthy, well-balanced diet is what your body needs.
  • flavor: To begin, this coffee has a well-balanced, mellow flavor.
  • mix: The DTS track is the best of the three, with a nice heavy bass sound and clear, well-balanced mix.
  • meal: Yes, for him a well-balanced meal is a Big Mac in each hand.
  • curriculum: Curriculum The school should have a broad and well-balanced curriculum.
  • sound: The young quartet gelled together and produced a well-balanced lush sound.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: In 5th was Simon Yates with a very well-balanced physique.
  • extremely: Howells ), made what I thought was an extremely well-balanced statement to the House.
  • generally: The school has a very good, broad and generally well-balanced curriculum that provides very well for pupils of all ages and abilities.
  • reasonably: I like to think of myself as a reasonably well-balanced person.
  • fairly: The cars are fairly well-balanced and we hope our homework will pay good dividends tomorrow.
  • surprisingly: Was at school with Dave Albinson ( who was a prefect ), despite the which he appears surprisingly well-balanced.

Used with adjective complement

  • produce: So how does the humanist mother go about producing reasonably well-balanced, well-educated, moral human beings, protected from irrelevant and oppressive myths?
  • seem: Over the shorter term, the recovery at present seems well-balanced among the regions.