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

Adjective

[healthier, healthiest]

1. having or showing good health

2. likely to produce good health: healthy seaside air

3. functioning well or being sound: this is a very healthy business to be in

4. Informal considerable: healthy profits

5. sensible: a healthy scepticism about his promises

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 << OPPOSITE ill

adjective 2. wholesome, beneficial, nourishing, good for you, nutritious, salutary, hygienic, healthful, salubrious, health-giving << OPPOSITE unwholesome

adjective 3. invigorating, bracing, beneficial, good for you, salutary, healthful, salubrious

Translations

healthy [ˈhɛlθɪ] adj (gen) → sano [+ economy, bank balance]; saludable

healthy [ˈhɛlθɪ] health adj [person] → en bonne santé; [climate, food, attitude etc] → sain(e)

healthy [ˈhɛlθɪ] health adj → gesund;

(profit) → ansehnlich

healthy [ˈhɛlθɪ] adj [person] → in buona salute; [climate] → salubre; [food] → salutare; [attitude etc] → sano/a; [economy] → florido/a; [bank balance] → solido/a