adjective
health′i·er, health′i·est- having good health; well; sound
- showing or resulting from good health: a healthy complexion
- healthful
- vigorous, prosperous, etc.
- Informal
- proper; fitting: a healthy respect for the law
- abundant, considerable, etc.
A healthy man.
- An example of healthy is a seventy year old man without any medical issues.
- An example of healthy is a newborn baby without jaundice.
- An example of healthy is a diet full of fruits and vegetables.
The definition of healthy is someone or something that has, appears to have or helps to produce good health.
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adjective
health·i·er, health·i·est- Possessing good health: a healthy child.
- Conducive to good health; healthful: healthy air.
- Indicative of sound, rational thinking or frame of mind: a healthy attitude.
- Sizable; considerable: a healthy portion of peas; a healthy raise in salary.
adverb
So as to promote one's health; in a healthy way: If you eat healthy, you'll probably live longer.
Related Forms:
- health′i·ly
adverb
- health′i·ness
noun
Usage Note: Some people insist on maintaining a distinction between the words healthy and healthful. In this view, healthful means “conducive to good health” and is applied to things that promote health, while healthy means “possessing good health,” and is applied solely to people and other organisms. Accordingly, healthy people have healthful habits. However, healthy has been used to mean “healthful” since the 1500s, as in this example from John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education: “Gardening … and working in wood, are fit and healthy recreations for a man of study or business.” In fact, the word healthy is far more common than healthful when modifying words like diet, exercise, and foods, and healthy may strike many readers as more natural in many contexts. Certainly, both healthy and healthful must be considered standard in describing that which promotes health.
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healthy sound 2wholesome hale 1robust well 2hardy 1vigorous
These adjectives mean being in or indicative of good physical or mental health. Healthy stresses the absence of disease and often implies energy and strength: The healthy athlete biked twenty miles every day. Sound emphasizes freedom from injury, imperfection, or impairment: “The man with the toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound” (George Bernard Shaw). Wholesome suggests appealing healthiness and well-being: “Exercise develops wholesome appetites” (Louisa May Alcott). Hale stresses freedom from infirmity, especially in elderly persons, while robust emphasizes healthy strength and ruggedness: “He is pretty well advanced in years, but hale, robust, and florid” (Tobias Smollett). Well indicates absence of or recovery from sickness: You should stay home from work if you're not well. Hardy implies robust and sturdy good health: The hardy mountaineers camped in the Alps. Vigorous suggests healthy, active energy and strength: “a vigorous old man, who spent half of his day on horseback” (W.H. Hudson).
healthy sound 2wholesome hale 1robust well 2hardy 1vigorous
These adjectives mean being in or indicative of good physical or mental health. Healthy stresses the absence of disease and often implies energy and strength: The healthy athlete biked twenty miles every day. Sound emphasizes freedom from injury, imperfection, or impairment: “The man with the toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound” (George Bernard Shaw). Wholesome suggests appealing healthiness and well-being: “Exercise develops wholesome appetites” (Louisa May Alcott). Hale stresses freedom from infirmity, especially in elderly persons, while robust emphasizes healthy strength and ruggedness: “He is pretty well advanced in years, but hale, robust, and florid” (Tobias Smollett). Well indicates absence of or recovery from sickness: You should stay home from work if you're not well. Hardy implies robust and sturdy good health: The hardy mountaineers camped in the Alps. Vigorous suggests healthy, active energy and strength: “a vigorous old man, who spent half of his day on horseback” (W.H. Hudson).
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Adjective
(comparative healthier, superlative healthiest)
- Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.
- He was father to three healthy kids.
- Conducive to health.
- A healthy diet and exercise can help to maintain proper weight.
- Evincing health.
- Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.
- (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
- a healthy respect for authority
Origin
health + -y
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