[healthy] adj health.i.er ; -est (1552) 1: enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well
2: evincing health "a ~ complexion"
3: conducive to health "walk three miles every day ... a beastly bore, but ~ --G. S. Patton"
4. a: prosperous, flourishing b: not small or feeble: considerable -- health.i.ly adv -- health.i.ness n syn 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".