Entry Word: healthy

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 enjoying health and vigor <always a hard worker, Grandma has remained healthy into her eighties>

Synonyms able-bodied, bouncing, chipper, fit, hale, hearty, robust, sound, well, whole, wholesome

Related Words hardy, lusty, rugged, stalwart, strong, sturdy, tough; nondisabled, nonhandicapped, uncrippled; active, agile, lively, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vital; blooming, clean-cut, flourishing, flush, thriving; all right, good, right

Phrases in fine fettle

Near Antonyms decrepit, enfeebled, feeble, infirm, run-down, sickened, sickly, weak, weakened, weakly, worn-out; challenged, crippled, debilitated, disabled, incapacitated, lame; delicate, fragile, frail; undernourished; afflicted, troubled; bad, poorly

Antonyms ailing, diseased, ill, sick, unfit, unhealthy, unsound, unwell

2 good for the health <the air in here isnʼt healthy> <ads that promote healthy eating habits> — see healthful
3 sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention <a healthy turnout of volunteers to plant trees on Arbor Day> — see considerable 1