HEALTHY


Meaning of HEALTHY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhel-thē also ]

ˈhelt- adjective

( health·i·er ; -est )

Date: 1552

1. : enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit : well

2. : evincing health

a healthy complexion

3. : conducive to health

walk three miles every day…a beastly bore, but healthy — G. S. Patton

4.

a. : prosperous , flourishing

b. : not small or feeble : considerable

• health·i·ly -thə-lē adverb

• health·i·ness -thē-nəs noun

Synonyms:

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.