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healthy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of healthy

1 enjoying health and vigor

always a hard worker, Grandma has remained healthy into her 80s

Synonyms of healthy

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

Words Related to healthy

hard, hardy, iron, lusty, rugged, stalwart, strong, sturdy, tough

ambulatory, nondisabled, uncrippled

active, agile, chipper, lively, sprightful, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vital

blooming, clean-cut, flourishing, flush, prospering, thriving

all right, good, right

Phrases Synonymous with healthy

in fine fettle, in shape, in the pink

Near Antonyms of healthy

decrepit, enfeebled, feeble, infirm, run-down, sickened, sickly, weak, weakened, weakly, worn-out

challenged, crippled, debilitated, differently abled, disabled, halt, incapacitated, lame

delicate, fragile, frail

emaciated, gaunt, haggard, malnourished, undernourished

afflicted, troubled

Antonyms of healthy

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

2 beneficial to the health of body or mind

the air in here isnʼt healthy

ads that promote healthy eating habits

Synonyms of healthy

good, healthful, medicinal, restorative, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, sanative, tonic, wholesome

Words Related to healthy

alleviative, corrective, curative, recuperative, refreshing, rehabilitative, rejuvenating, rejuvenescent, remedial

advantageous, useful

antiseptic, aseptic, clean, hygienic, sanitary

nourishing, nutritional, nutritious

nonpoisonous, nontoxic

Near Antonyms of healthy

damaging, deleterious, harmful, injurious, pernicious

infectious, poisonous, sickening, toxic

insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary

Antonyms of healthy

insalubrious, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

3 sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention

a healthy turnout of volunteers to plant trees on Arbor Day

Synonyms of healthy

biggish, considerable, good, goodly, handsome, largish, major, respectable, significant, sizable (or sizeable), substantial, substantive, tidy

Words Related to healthy

big, bulky, hefty, hulking, outsize (also outsized), oversize (or oversized), voluminous

astronomical (also astronomic), bumper, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gigantic, great, herculean, huge, immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, titanic, tremendous, whopping

Near Antonyms of healthy

measly, minute, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, puny, trifling, trivial, unimportant

marginal, meager (or meagre), slight

little, small, tiny, undersized (also undersize)

bitty, diminutive, miniature, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), pygmy, smallish

Antonyms of healthy

inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, insubstantial, negligible, nominal

4 marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically

coming out of a prolonged recession, the restaurant business seemed to be healthy again

Synonyms of healthy

booming, boomy, flourishing, golden, halcyon, lush, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, successful, thriving

Words Related to healthy

affluent, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, substantial, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do

Near Antonyms of healthy

declining, dying, failing, floundering, languishing, struggling

bankrupt, bankrupted, insolvent

Antonyms of healthy

depressed, unprosperous, unsuccessful

Synonym Discussion of healthy

healthy, sound, wholesome, robust, hale, well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease.

- a healthy family

sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction.

- a sound heart

wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance.

- a face with a wholesome glow

robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly.

- a lively, robust little boy

hale applies particularly to robustness in old age.

- still hale at the age of eighty

well implies merely freedom from disease or illness.

- she has never been a well person

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