Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease: Describes a person, animal, or plant that is physically and/or mentally well.
   • Promoting health; healthful: Describes things, conditions, or activities that are good for one's health and contribute to well-being.
   • Financially secure and functioning well: Describes systems, organizations, or economies that are strong, stable, and operating successfully.
   • Large in amount or extent or degree; substantial: (Informal) Used to emphasize that something is impressively or desirably large.

Examples of Usage

• Having good health:
  • She is a healthy child who rarely gets sick.
  • After recovering from the flu, he finally feels healthy again.
• Promoting health:
  • They try to maintain a healthy diet with lots of vegetables.
  • The mountain air is clean and healthy.
• Functioning well:
  • The company reported healthy profits this quarter.
  • A healthy democracy depends on an informed citizenry.
• Substantial (informal):
  • He inherited a healthy sum of money from his grandfather.
  • Add a healthy dose of olive oil to the sauce.

Advanced Usage

• "healthy respect/fear/skepticism": A sensible and prudent level of caution or doubt, often based on an awareness of potential risks.
  • You should have a healthy respect for the power of the ocean.
  • A healthy skepticism of online claims is advisable.
• "healthy attitude/relationship": A positive, balanced, and constructive way of thinking or interacting.
  • They have a very healthy working relationship.
  • It's important to develop a healthy attitude towards competition.

Variants and Related Words

• Healthily (adverb): In a healthy manner.
  • The children were playing healthily outdoors.
• Healthiness (noun): The state or quality of being healthy.
  • The healthiness of the local population has improved.

Synonyms

• Fit: In good physical condition, especially as a result of exercise.
• Well: In good health.
• Wholesome: Conducive to or suggestive of good health and physical well-being.
• Robust: Strong and healthy; vigorous.
• Sound: In good condition; solid, secure, or reliable (can apply to health, arguments, finances, etc.).

Related Phrases

• Safe and sound: Unharmed and healthy, especially after a dangerous experience.
  • The hikers returned from the storm safe and sound.
• Hale and hearty: (Especially of an old person) strong and healthy.
  • My grandfather is still hale and hearty at ninety.

Adjective

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. financially secure and functioning well
   • a healthy economy
5. having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
   • a rosy healthy baby
   • staying fit and healthy