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| 1. | [ adjective ] (medicine) having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease | |
| Examples: | "a rosy healthy baby" "staying fit and healthy" |
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| Related terms: | unhealthy flourishing blooming hearty rubicund full-blooded firm good hearty well-preserved wholesome anicteric well-preserved hale bouncing well fit wholesome robust health | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] financially secure and functioning well | |
| Examples: | "a healthy economy" |
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| Related terms: | sound | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] promoting health; healthful | |
| Synonyms: | good_for_you salubrious | |
| Examples: | "a healthy diet" "clean healthy air" "plenty of healthy sleep" "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy" "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis "carrots are good for you" |
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| Related terms: | wholesome | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] exercising or showing good judgment | |
| Synonyms: | intelligent sound levelheaded | |
| Examples: | "healthy scepticism" "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes" "the healthy attitude of French laws" "an intelligent solution" "a sound approach to the problem" "sound advice" "no reasonable explanation for his decision" |
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| Related terms: | reasonable | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (medicine) physically and mentally sound or healthy | |
| Synonyms: | fit | |
| Examples: | "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday" "keeps fit with diet and exercise" |
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| Related terms: | unfit conditioned able sound well | |
| Similar spelling: |
health Helt helot Heldt Hewlett held Heald |
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