healthy

healthy: adj.

1 not ill; producing good health

VERBS

▪ appear, be, be born, feel, look, seem

▪ become

▪ keep, remain, stay

▪ make sb

▪ Working in the open air has made him very healthy.

▪ keep sb

▪ Her good diet had kept her healthy.

▪ consider sth

▪ a new diet which is considered much healthier than previous ones

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ We have a very healthy diet.

▪ completely (esp. AmE), perfectly

▪ He's a perfectly healthy child.

▪ reasonably

▪ generally

▪ apparently

▪ The rare disorder strikes apparently healthy boys between the ages of five and twelve.

▪ otherwise

▪ She looked pale, but otherwise healthy.

▪ mentally, physically

PHRASES

▪ fit and healthy

2 working well

VERBS

▪ be

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ The economy is extremely healthy at the moment.

▪ reasonably, relatively

▪ basically, fundamentally, generally

▪ financially

Healthy is used with these nouns: ↑alternative, ↑appetite, ↑attitude, ↑baby, ↑bacteria, ↑balance, ↑balance sheet, ↑body, ↑bone, ↑breakfast, ↑cell, ↑competition, ↑complexion, ↑contempt, ↑development, ↑dialogue, ↑diet, ↑disrespect, ↑distrust, ↑donor, ↑dose, ↑eater, ↑economy, ↑ego, ↑environment, ↑exercise, ↑expansion, ↑fare, ↑fat, ↑finance, ↑food, ↑future, ↑glow, ↑growth, ↑gut, ↑habit, ↑heart, ↑helping, ↑individual, ↑infant, ↑lead, ↑life, ↑lifestyle, ↑liver, ↑lunch, ↑lung, ↑meal, ↑mix, ↑nail, ↑people, ↑pregnancy, ↑profit, ↑recipe, ↑relationship, ↑respect, ↑return, ↑sale, ↑scepticism, ↑sign, ↑situation, ↑skin, ↑snack, ↑specimen, ↑state, ↑subject, ↑substitute, ↑tan, ↑tissue, ↑tooth, ↑trend, ↑volunteer, ↑weight

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Synonyms:

Sound, hale, hearty, vigorous, strong, of good health, of a sound constitution / Well, in good health, in a sound condition, in good case / Wholesome, salubrious, salutary, healthful, bracing, invigorating, health-giving

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healthy — health‧y [ˈhelθi] adjective 1. a healthy organization, system, economy etc is working effectively and successfully: • Banks should invest only in financially healthy companies. 2. a healthy amount of something is large: • They are predicting… … Financial and business terms
healthy — 1 *healthful, wholesome, salubrious, salutary, hygienic, sanitary Analogous words: & Contrasted words: see those at HEALTHFUL 2 Healthy, sound, wholesome, robust, hale, well are comparable when meaning having or manifesting health of mind or body … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Healthy — Health y ( [y^]), a. [Compar. {Healthier} ( [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Healthiest}.] 1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant. [1913 Webster] His mind was now in a firm and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
healthy — ► ADJECTIVE (healthier, healthiest) 1) having or promoting good health. 2) normal, sensible, or desirable: a healthy balance. 3) of a very satisfactory size or amount: a healthy profit. DERIVATIVES healthily adverb healthiness no … English terms dictionary
healthy — [hel′thē] adj. healthier, healthiest 1. having good health; well; sound 2. showing or resulting from good health [a healthy color] 3. HEALTHFUL 4. Informal large, vigorous, etc. [a healthy yell] healthily … English World dictionary
healthy — healthy; un·healthy; … English syllables
healthy — index salubrious, salutary, strong Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
healthy — 1550s, from HEALTH (Cf. health) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Slightly earlier in the same sense was healthsome (1530s). Related: Healthiness … Etymology dictionary
healthy */*/*/ — UK [ˈhelθɪ] / US adjective Word forms healthy : adjective healthy comparative healthier superlative healthiest 1) physically strong and not ill a healthy baby Exercise can be fun, and being healthy feels great! feel healthy: I feel very healthy… … English dictionary
healthy — health|y [ helθi ] adjective *** 1. ) physically strong and not sick: a healthy baby Exercise can be fun, and being healthy feels great. feel healthy: I feel very healthy at the moment. stay/keep healthy: I try to stay as healthy as possible. a ) … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
healthy — [[t]he̱lθi[/t]] ♦♦♦ healthier, healthiest 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is healthy is well and is not suffering from any illness. Most of us need to lead more balanced lives to be healthy and happy... She had a normal pregnancy and delivered a… … English dictionary

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