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healthy

[hel-thee]

adjective

healthier, healthiest 
  1. possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality.

    a healthy body;

    a healthy mind.

    Synonyms: , ,
    Antonyms:
  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.

    Synonyms: ,
  4. 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.

  5. prosperous or sound.

    a healthy business.

  6. Informal.Ìýfairly large.

    I bought a healthy number of books.



healthy

/ ˈ³óÉ›±ôθɪ /

adjective

  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. informalÌýconsiderable in size or amount

    a healthy sum

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • healthily adverb
  • healthiness noun
  • ˈ³ó±ð²¹±ô³Ù³ó¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ˈ³ó±ð²¹±ô³Ù³ó¾±±ô²â adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of healthy1

First recorded in 1545–55; health + -y 1
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Synonym Study

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.
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The word skinny has become a buzz word online, Eve said, with many promoting extreme weight loss under the guise of having "healthy" self control and willpower.

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The tribe plans projects to create healthier stream habitats for fish, and to restore meadows and prairies.

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It made Yamamoto’s clunker all the more costly, highlighting an extended slide in production that continues to plague the team’s only healthy ace.

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“At the sight of a smoke column, most people feel a healthy hitch in their breath and want to run the other way,†she writes.

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In a healthy society government policy moves ahead by taking note of existing inequities and striving to address them.

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