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healthy

  • /ˈhɛl.θi/ US, UK
  • /ˈhel.θi/ Australia
  • /ˈhɛːl.d̪iː/ India, North
  • /ˈhɛːl.t̪hiː/ India, North
  • /ˈ(h)el.d̪iː/ India, South
  • /ˈ(h)el.t̪(h)iː/ India, South

Sounds like healthie · Rhymes with -ɛlθi

adjective healthier · more healthy · healthiest · most healthy

  1. Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder. He was father to three healthy kids.

    Similar: well, hale, fit · Opposite: unhealthy

  2. Conducive to health. A healthy diet can help to maintain proper weight.

    Similar: healthful, wholesome, nourishing · Opposite: unhealthy

  3. Evincing health. Her face had a healthy glow.
  4. figuratively Significant, hefty; beneficial. a healthy respect for authority

Similar: all oak and iron bound, buxom, fit, freck, hail, hale, hale and hearty, healthy, in the pink of health, lusty, normal, sound, sound as a barrel, sound as a bell, well, whole · Opposite: diseased, ill

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Closest in meaning: hale, sound, wholesome, salubrious, hearty, flourishing, thriving, whole, fit, intelligent, levelheaded, good, sensible, able-bodied, able, red-blooded

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adj enjoying good health

Españolsano, salubre
한국어건강하다 geon'ganghada
日本語健康な kenkō na, 達者な tassha na
中文健康 jiànkāng
हिन्दीनिरोग nirog, चंगा caṅgā
Portuguêssaudável, são
Françaisen bonne santé, sain
Deutschgesund
Italianosano
Ελληνικάυγιής ygiís, γερός gerós, ακμαίος akmaíos, εύρωστος évrostos
Românăsănătos
Русскийздоро́вый zdoróvyj
Tiếng Việtkhỏe mạnh
العربيةصَحِيح ṣaḥīḥ, سَلِيم salīm, مُعَاف muʕāf
עבריתבריא barí

adj conducive to health

Españolsaludable, sano, salubre, salutífero
日本語健康的な kenkōteki na, 健康に良い kenkō ni yoi
中文健康 jiànkāng
Portuguêssaudável
Françaisbon pour la santé
Deutschgesund
Italianosano, salutare
Ελληνικάυγιεινός ygieinós
Românăsănătos
Русскийздоро́вый zdoróvyj, поле́зный poléznyj
Tiếng Việttốt cho sức khỏe
العربيةصِحِّيّ ṣiḥḥiyy
עבריתבריא barí

adj evincing health

Españolsaludable, sano
Portuguêssaudável
Françaissain, en bonne santé
Deutschgesund, anständig
Ελληνικάγερός gerós
Românăsănătos, zdravăn
Русскийздоро́вый zdoróvyj

adj significant, hefty

Deutschordentlich
Ελληνικάικανός ikanós, δέων déon
Русскийздоро́вый zdoróvyj

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@misc{healthy_2026,
  title = {healthy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/healthy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}