Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Possessing good health.
- adjective Conducive to good health; healthful.
- adjective Indicative of sound, rational thinking or frame of mind.
- adjective Sizable; considerable.
- adverb So as to promote one's health; in a healthy way.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being in a sound state; possessing health of body or mind; hale; sound.
- Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; healthful.
- Safe; prudent.
- Synonyms Vigorous, hearty, robust, strong; Healthy, Healthful, Wholesome, Salubrious, Salutary. A distinction between healthy and healthful is nearly established. Healthy is applicable to the condition of body or mind; healthful to that which produces health. Wholesome is sometimes preferred to healthful on the ground of euphony, but commonly applies chiefly to food, as salubrious applies chiefly to air, climate, and the like. Salutary has mainly a moral significance: as, a salutary effect; salutary influence. Healthy and wholesome are often used figuratively; the others are not.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease
- adjective Evincing health
- adjective Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Enjoying
health andvigor ofbody ,mind , orspirit :well . - adjective Conducive to
health . - adjective
Evincing health . - adjective figuratively Significant,
hefty ; beneficial.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective financially secure and functioning well
- adjective promoting health; healthful
- adjective having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
- adjective large in amount or extent or degree
- adjective exercising or showing good judgment
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of course, the company is mindful of chip-munchers who may equate the term "healthy snacks" with "tastes like cardboard."
Can This Chip Be Saved? Mike Esterl 2011
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With three daughters already at home, my husband and I had always tried to avoid using the word diet, preferring instead to use the phrase healthy eating.
Holding the World by the Hand Gigi Schweikert 2005
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With three daughters already at home, my husband and I had always tried to avoid using the word diet, preferring instead to use the phrase healthy eating.
Holding the World by the Hand Gigi Schweikert 2005
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There is also what he calls a healthy competition among companies to become and appear more green.
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There is also what he calls a healthy competition among companies to become and appear more green.
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There is also what he calls a healthy competition among companies to become and appear more green.
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There is also what he calls a healthy competition among companies to become and appear more green.
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You will also eat what I call healthy and clean meals.
Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy JJ Virgin 2010
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Putting the industrys present and future in its most positive light, he said the CRM industry was in what he called a healthy transition.
Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Emily Yellin 2009
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To the point that you all have to support the same football team (soccer team) and hate all other teams and British cities, in what we call healthy rivalries?
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