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health

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of health

1 the condition of being sound in body

Sam gradually regained his health after a long bout with cholera

Synonyms of health

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

Words Related to health

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 of health

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, lameness, sickliness, weakness

ailment, condition, disease, disorder, malady, trouble

Antonyms of health

illness, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness

2 a state of being or fitness

a country in good economic health now that the recession is past

Synonyms of health

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

Words Related to health

practice (also practise)

pass, phase, stage

footing, picture, posture, scene, situation, status

Near Antonyms of health

disorder, disrepair

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