healthy

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healthy

A child eats a healthy apple for a snack.

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.
healthy

A child eats a healthy apple for a snack.

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