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healthy

adjective
\ ˈhel-thē How to pronounce healthy (audio) also ˈhelt-\
healthier; healthiest

Definition of healthy

1a : enjoying good health healthy children tips for staying healthy : free from disease Damping off rots healthy seedlings at soil level, breaking the heart of the gardener as surely as it breaks tender stems.— Leslie Land A person with heart disease will not be able to tolerate the same doses and drugs as a person with a healthy heart.— Sallie Tisdale
b : not displaying clinical signs of disease or infection A patient with HIV may be healthy for several years before developing either the cluster of symptoms identified as AIDS or any of the bacterial, viral, fungal or protozoal infections known as AIDS Related Complex …— Al Veerhoff
2 : beneficial to one's physical, mental, or emotional state : conducive to or associated with good health or reduced risk of disease healthy foods a healthy lifestyle … walk three miles every day … a beastly bore, but healthy.— G. S. Patton Generally, a BMI of 19 to 25 indicates a healthy weight. — Mayo Clinic Health Letter
3 : showing physical, mental, or emotional well-being : evincing good health a healthy complexion has a healthy appetite The best thing about a good sense of humor, of course, is that it's a sure sign that you have a healthy attitude—always a refreshing check in the plus column. — Glamour
4a : prosperous, flourishing a healthy economy
b : not small or feeble : considerable a healthy sum of money
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Other Words from healthy

healthily \ ˈhel-​thÉ™-​lÄ“ How to pronounce healthily (audio) \ adverb
eat healthily
healthiness \ ˈhel-​thÄ“-​nÉ™s How to pronounce healthiness (audio) \ noun
Much has been made in recent years of the healthiness of the Mediterranean diet, with its emphasis on fruit, vegetables, fish and olive oil. — R. W. Apple Jr.

Choose the Right Synonym for healthy

healthy, sound, wholesome, robust, hale, well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease. a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction. a sound heart wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance. a face with a wholesome glow robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly. a lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in old age. still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom from disease or illness. she has never been a well person

Examples of healthy in a Sentence

The company is financially healthy. always a hard worker, Grandma has remained healthy into her 80s

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 An all-Big Ten honorable mention as a sophomore in 2017, Lewerke looks to be fully healthy with all his arm strength back for this season. — SI.com, "Tulsa vs. Michigan State Live Stream: How to Watch Online, TV Channel, Game Time," 30 Aug. 2019 Letting go of the past and moving on is healthy but hard. — Michael O'sullivan, chicagotribune.com, "'Don’t Let Go’ review: Time-travel thriller works — as long as you don’t think too hard about it," 29 Aug. 2019 The combined activities developed her interests in performing, exercise and being healthy. — Ramona Sentinel, "Lora Kapelczak flies high as an aerial acrobat artist," 29 Aug. 2019 So if your skin is basically healthy, applying them topically isn’t really necessary. — A.a. Newton, SELF, "Do You Really Need to Put Fatty Acids on Your Face?," 28 Aug. 2019 Assisted living residents tend to be healthier than nursing home residents, but many are physically and cognitively limited. — Kathryn Hyer, The Conversation, "Hurricane evacuation of nursing home residents still an unsolved challenge," 28 Aug. 2019 The right players must remain healthy at key points. — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, "Pac-12 football previews: The Jacob Eason era begins at Washington with a new defense and loaded division," 27 Aug. 2019 Nothing gets done in life without some planning, healthy eating included. — Michelle Washington, USA TODAY, "Seven strategies to put your diet on a plant-based path," 25 Aug. 2019 New off-campus housing is typically new-built, not resulting from the demolition of older buildings, and the new competition these units bring is healthy for the market, providing more options at more price points. — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "Back on campus, students confront a challenging housing market," 20 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of healthy

1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for healthy

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healthy

adjective
How to pronounce healthy (audio)

English Language Learners Definition of healthy

: having good health : not sick or injured
: showing good health
: good for your health

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healthy

adjective
\ ˈhel-thē How to pronounce healthy (audio) \
healthier; healthiest

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