healthy
Americanadjective
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possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality.
a healthy body;
a healthy mind.
- Antonyms:
- sick
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pertaining to or characteristic of good health or a sound and vigorous mind.
a healthy appearance;
healthy attitudes.
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conducive to good health; healthful.
healthy recreations.
- Synonyms:
- nourishing, nutritious
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eligible for the Food and Drug Administration's label certifying that a food is suitable for helping consumers achieve a total diet that conforms to dietary recommendations.
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prosperous or sound.
a healthy business.
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Informal. fairly large.
I bought a healthy number of books.
adjective
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enjoying good health
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functioning well or being sound
the company's finances are not very healthy
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conducive to health; salutary
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indicating soundness of body or mind
a healthy appetite
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informal considerable in size or amount
a healthy sum
Related Words
Healthy, healthful, salubrious, salutary, wholesome refer to the promotion of health. Healthy, while applied especially to what possesses health, is also applicable to what is conducive to health: a healthy climate; not a healthy place to be. Healthful and salubrious are applied chiefly to what is conducive to health: healthful diet or exercise; a salubrious impact on mental outlook. 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.
Other Word Forms
- healthily adverb
- healthiness noun
Etymology
Origin of healthy
Example Sentences
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As for the non-Atlas business, which includes a self-managed commercial database offering that can run in multiple environments, the company has seen “healthy” recent trends.
From MarketWatch
As for the non-Atlas business, which includes a self-managed commercial database offering that can run in multiple environments, the company has seen “healthy” recent trends.
From MarketWatch
Betts was the last healthy position player to appear in a spring game, starting Sunday after sitting for the first nine games.
From Los Angeles Times
Airlines typically say they can pass fuel price increases on to consumers with a two-to- three-month lag, assuming demand remains healthy, according to Fitzgerald.
That shows there are “several areas of the market which house healthy,” O’Hara writes.
From Barron's
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