health

health

noun

Definition of HEALTH

1

the condition of being sound in body <Sam gradually regained his health after a long bout with cholera>

Synonyms fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, sap, soundness, verdure, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness

Related Words fettle, shape; cleanliness, hygiene; hardiness, lustiness, robustiousness, ruggedness, stamina, strength, toughness, vigor, vigorousness, vitality; bloom, flush, flushness; activeness, agility, liveliness, spryness; weal, welfare, well-being

Near Antonyms debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, lameness, sickliness, weakness; ailment, condition, disease, disorder, malady, trouble

Antonyms illness, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness

2

a state of being or fitness <a country in good economic health now that the recession is past>

Synonyms estate, fettle, form, health, keeping, kilter, nick [British], order, repair, shape, trim

Related Words practice (also practise); pass, phase, stage; footing, picture, posture, scene, status, situation; rank, standing

Near Antonyms disorder, disrepair