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health⋅y
[hel-thee] 
θi
–adjective, health⋅i⋅er, health⋅i⋅est.
| 1. | possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind. |
| 2. | pertaining to or characteristic of good health, or a sound and vigorous mind: a healthy appearance; healthy attitudes. |
| 3. | conducive to good health; healthful: healthy recreations. |
| 4. | prosperous or sound: a healthy business. |
| 5. | Informal. fairly large: I bought a healthy number of books. |
Related forms:
health⋅i⋅ly, adverb
health⋅i⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. hale, hearty, robust. 3. nutritious, nourishing. Healthy, healthful, salutary, wholesome refer to the promotion of health. Healthy, while applied esp. to what possesses health, is also applicable to what is conducive to health: a healthy climate; not a healthy place to be. Healthful is applied chiefly to what is conducive to health: healthful diet or exercise. Salutary suggests something that is conducive to well-being generally, as well as beneficial in preserving or in restoring health: salutary effects; to take salutary measures. It is used also to indicate moral benefit: to have a salutary fear of devious behavior. Wholesome has connotations of attractive freshness and purity; it applies to what is good for one, physically, morally, or both: wholesome food; wholesome influences or advice.
1. hale, hearty, robust. 3. nutritious, nourishing. Healthy, healthful, salutary, wholesome refer to the promotion of health. Healthy, while applied esp. to what possesses health, is also applicable to what is conducive to health: a healthy climate; not a healthy place to be. Healthful is applied chiefly to what is conducive to health: healthful diet or exercise. Salutary suggests something that is conducive to well-being generally, as well as beneficial in preserving or in restoring health: salutary effects; to take salutary measures. It is used also to indicate moral benefit: to have a salutary fear of devious behavior. Wholesome has connotations of attractive freshness and purity; it applies to what is good for one, physically, morally, or both: wholesome food; wholesome influences or advice.
Antonyms:
1. sick.
1. sick.
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| health·y (hěl'thē) adj. health·i·er, health·i·est
Synonyms: 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. 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 evidence—healthy 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
Health"y\, a. [Compar. Healthier; superl. Healthiest.]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. Syn: Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.
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Main Entry: healthy
Pronunciation: 'hel-thE
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: health·i·er; -est
1 : enjoyinghealth and vigor of body, mind, or spirit
2 : revealing a state of health healthy complexion>
3 : conducive to health —health·i·ly /-th&-lE/ adverb —health·i·ness /-thE-n&s/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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healthy health·y (hěl'thē)
adj. health·i·er, health·i·est
- Possessing good health.
- Conducive to good health; healthful.
- Indicative of sound, rational thinking or frame of mind.
health'i·ly adv.
health'i·ness n.
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