healthy

health·y  (hlth)

adj. health·i·er, health·i·est

1. Possessing good health.

2. Conducive to good health; healthful: healthy air.

3. Indicative of sound, rational thinking or frame of mind: a healthy attitude.

4. Sizable; considerable: a healthy portion of potatoes; a healthy raise in salary.

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healthi·ly adv.

healthi·ness n.

Synonyms: healthy, sound², wholesome, hale¹, robust, well², hardy¹, vigorous
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).

Usage Note: The distinction in meaning between healthy ("possessing good health") and healthful ("conducive to good health") was ascribed to the two terms only as late as the 1880s. This distinction, though tenaciously supported by some critics, is belied by citational evidencehealthy has been used to mean "healthful" since the 16th century. Use of healthy in this sense is to be found in the works of many distinguished writers, with this example from John Locke being typical: "Gardening . . . and working in wood, are fit and healthy recreations for a man of study or business." Therefore, both healthy and healthful are correct in these contexts: a healthy climate, a healthful climate; a healthful diet, a healthy diet.

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healthy [ˈhɛlθɪ]

adj healthier, healthiest

1. enjoying good health

2. functioning well or being sound the company's finances are not very healthy

3. conducive to health; salutary

4. indicating soundness of body or mind a healthy appetite

5. Informal considerable in size or amount a healthy sum

healthily  adv

healthiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy" fit - physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise" robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial" well - in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well" wholesome - conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food" unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
	2.	healthy - financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy" sound - financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
	3.	healthy - promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you" good for you, salubrious wholesome - conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"
	4.	healthy - exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" level-headed, levelheaded, sound, intelligent reasonable, sensible - showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
	5.	healthy - large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune" goodly, sizable, sizeable, goodish, tidy, hefty, respectable considerable - large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"

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healthy

adjective

1. well, sound, fit, strong, active, flourishing, hardy, blooming, robust, vigorous, sturdy, hale, hearty, in good shape (informal), in good condition, in the pink, alive and kicking, fighting fit, in fine form, in fine fettle, hale and hearty, fit as a fiddle (informal), right as rain (Brit. informal), physically fit, in fine feather She had a normal pregnancy and delivered a healthy child.
well ill, sick, poorly (informal), diseased, weak, delicate, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), fragile, ailing, frail, unfit, feeble, unhealthy, debilitated, sickly, unwell, weedy (informal), unsound, infirm, at death's door

2. wholesome, beneficial, nourishing, good for you, nutritious, salutary, hygienic, healthful, salubrious, health-giving a healthy diet
wholesome unhealthy, unwholesome

3. invigorating, bracing, beneficial, good for you, salutary, healthful, salubrious a healthy outdoor pursuit

Translations

healthy [ˈhelθɪ] ADJ (healthier (compar) (healthiest (superl)))

1. (= normal) [person, plant, cell, mind] → sano; [skin, hair] → sano, saludable; [society] → que goza de buena salud
to be healthy [person] → tener buena salud → estar sano
to look healthy → tener un aspecto saludable
to have a healthy appetite → tener buen apetito

2. (= beneficial) [diet, lifestyle, air, place] → sano, saludable

3. (= thriving) [economy, company] → próspero

4. (= substantial) [profit] → pingüe; [bank account] → sustancioso

5. (= sensible) [attitude, scepticism] → razonable
to have a healthy interest in sth → tener un sano interés en algo
to have a healthy respect for sb/sth → tenerle un respeto sano a algn/algo

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healthy [ˈhɛlθi] adj

[person] → en bonne santé
Lesley's a healthy person → Lesley est en bonne santé.

[climate, food, attitude] → sain(e)
a healthy diet → une alimentation saine

[skin, heart, teeth, gums] → sain(e)

[appetite] → solide

(= financially) [profit, company] → sain(e); [bank account] → bien approvisionné(e)

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healthy

adj (+er) (lit, fig) → gesund; a healthy mind in a healthy body → ein gesunder Geist in einem gesunden Körper; to earn a healthy profit → einen ansehnlichen Gewinn machen; he has a healthy bank balance → sein Kontostand ist gesund; a healthy dose of something → ein gesundes Maß an etw (dat); that’s not a healthy idea/attitude → das ist keine vernünftige Idee/gesunde Haltung; to have a healthy respect for somebody/something → einen gesunden Respekt vor jdm/etw haben; a healthy interest in something → ein gesundes Interesse an etw (dat)

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healthy [ˈhɛlθɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → sano/a, in buona salute; (skin, diet, attitude) → sano/a; (air, place, climate) → salubre; (appetite) → robusto/a; (exercise, food) (fig) (respect) → salutare; (interest) → vivace; (economy) → florido/a; (bank balance) → in attivo

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healthy [ˈhɛlθɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → sano/a, in buona salute; (skin, diet, attitude) → sano/a; (air, place, climate) → salubre; (appetite) → robusto/a; (exercise, food) (fig) (respect) → salutare; (interest) → vivace; (economy) → florido/a; (bank balance) → in attivo

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