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healthy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛl.θi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈ(h)el.t̪(h)iː/ (India, South)
• /ˈhɛːl.t̪hiː/ (India, North)
• /ˈhɛːl.d̪iː/ (India, North)
• /ˈhel.θi/ (Australia)
• /ˈ(h)el.d̪iː/ (India, South)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hailiþō Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu Old English hǣlþ Middle English helthe English health Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English healthy From health + -y.

Meanings

1. Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
   • He was father to three healthy kids.
   • At Columbia-Greene, staffers go for the most unadoptable animals to save them from euthanasia. The youngest, healthiest, cutest pets are waiting for you. 1998, Elizabeth Hess, Lost and Found:
   • Brush regularly to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy.
   • Galvanised by this knowledge, the figurine family take to exercise and healthy eating in the park, forming themselves into the key words "Eat" (better), "Move" (more) and "Live" (longer) of the government's urgings and soon the municipal landscape is filled with other happy, healthier families who, incidentally, look even more delicious en masse. 2009 January 2, Lucy Mangan, “Anti-obesity advert is sweet and easy to digest”, in The Guardian:
   • My fruit trees are looking very healthy.
   • By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
   • a healthy mind in a healthy body
2. Conducive to health.
   • Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found. 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
   • Eric Andre: You know, they say if it's gray it's healthy for you. Jack McBrayer: No one has ever said that. Hannibal Burress: Only thing gray that you could eat and it'd be healthy for you is, uhh, I think seal meat. 2016, The Eric Andre Show, season 4, episode 2:
   • A healthy diet can help to maintain proper weight.
   • It was heretical to say that protein wasn't healthy, let alone say it promoted cancer. 2016, T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell, The China Study, revised and expanded edition, BenBella Books, Inc., page 214:
3. Evincing health.
   • Her face had a healthy glow.
4. (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
   • a healthy respect for authority
   • “Healthy engagement” is how the company describes its aim. “We are building ChatGPT to help users thrive and reach their goals,” Hannah Wong, OpenAI’s spokeswoman, said. 2025 November 23, Kashmir Hill, Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, quoting Hannah Wong, “What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.
   • a healthy dislike, a healthy contempt

Forms

Antonyms

unhealthy · diseased · unhealthy · ill

Deriveds

heart-healthy · nonhealthy · unhealthy · healthy as a horse · healthy participant effect · superhealthy · early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise · a healthy body is a healthy mind · healthiness · healthyish · healthify · healthy user bias · healthification · healthily · healthy worker bias

Descendants

hael’dii

Hyponyms

uninjured · fighting fit

Relateds

whole · healing · health · heal · capable

Synonyms

well · whole · hale · in the pink of health · sound · nourishing · hale and hearty · hail · sound as a barrel · wholesome · fit · all oak and iron bound · fit · sound as a bell · buxom · healthful · healthy · normal · well · hale · freck · lusty

Translations (245)

sk zdravý (enjoying good health) · ro sănătos (conducive to health) · de ordentlich (significant, hefty) · eve абгар (enjoying good health) · el εύρωστος (enjoying good health) · sh здра̏в (enjoying good health) · gd fallain (enjoying good health) · ru поле́зный (conducive to health) · lo ນິຣາໄມ (enjoying good health) · evn авгара (enjoying good health) · hu jókora (significant, hefty) · lt sveikas (enjoying good health) · ur صحت مند (enjoying good health) · mk здрав (enjoying good health) · de gesund (enjoying good health) · gl san (evincing health) · el υγιεινός (conducive to health) · gl insente (enjoying good health) · th แข็งแรง (enjoying good health) · sv frisk (enjoying good health) · cu ⱄⱏⰴⱃⰰⰲⱏ (enjoying good health) · de anständig (evincing health) · ga folláin (conducive to health) · he בריא (conducive to health) · grc ὑγιής (enjoying good health) · gl san (enjoying good health) · fur rubest (enjoying good health) · es salubre (conducive to health) · sa नीरोग (enjoying good health) · tab сагъи (enjoying good health) · gu તંદુરસ્ત (enjoying good health) · es salutífero (conducive to health) · lo ສຸຂາ (enjoying good health) · ml അരോഗ്യമായ (conducive to health) · ru здоро́вый (significant, hefty) · he בריא (enjoying good health) · kw yagh (enjoying good health) · ro zdravăn (evincing health) · fi reilu (evincing health) · wlm yach (enjoying good health) · lo ກຶ້ດ (enjoying good health) · ang hāl (enjoying good health) · ale kaangux̂ (enjoying good health) · lus hrisël (enjoying good health) · eo sana (enjoying good health) · gl saudable (evincing health) · vec san (enjoying good health) · ja 健康な (enjoying good health) · sga slán (enjoying good health) · kix thāmthám (enjoying good health) · yue 健康 (enjoying good health) · nb frisk (enjoying good health) · sv hälsosam (evincing health) · bg здравословен (conducive to health) · fur salubri (enjoying good health) · zyp dang (enjoying good health) · ro sănătos (enjoying good health) · ro sănătos (evincing health) · ml ആരോഗ്യമായി (enjoying good health) · kw yaghus (enjoying good health) · rm saun (enjoying good health) · yue 健康 (conducive to health) · xbc λρογο (enjoying good health) · lt sveikatingas (conducive to health) · it salutare (conducive to health) · gu નીરોગી (enjoying good health) · el δέων (significant, hefty) · hu egészséges (evincing health) · lv veselīgs (conducive to health) · ja 健康に良い (conducive to health) · lo ສຸຂີ (enjoying good health) · eo saniga (conducive to health) · fi terve (significant, hefty) · nl gezond (enjoying good health) · ar سَلِيم (enjoying good health) · ga sláintiúil (enjoying good health) · el ικανός (significant, hefty) · sh zdrȁv (evincing health) · ka ჯანმრთელი (enjoying good health) · pt são (enjoying good health) · xfa salve (enjoying good health) · ur نروگ (enjoying good health) · alt су (enjoying good health) · cu съдравъ (enjoying good health) · tr sağlıklı (enjoying good health) · ar مُعَاف (enjoying good health) · da sund (enjoying good health) · es salubre (enjoying good health) · rm san (enjoying good health) · gl saudable (conducive to health) · sl zdrav (conducive to health) · vi tốt cho sức khỏe (conducive to health) · it sano (enjoying good health) · aqc сагъду (enjoying good health) · pt saudável (enjoying good health) · sh zdrȁv (enjoying good health) · mk здрав (conducive to health) · fi hyvinvoipa (enjoying good health) · is hollur (conducive to health) · ang hālwende (conducive to health) · el γερός (evincing health) · lv veselīgs (enjoying good health) · sa कल्य (enjoying good health) · alt эзен (enjoying good health) · sco hailsome (enjoying good health) · fr en bonne santé (evincing health) · ga folláin (enjoying good health) · fo frískur (enjoying good health) · bg здрав (enjoying good health) · kix thāmthám (conducive to health) · la salūber (conducive to health) · lo ນິລາພາດ (enjoying good health) · lus hrisël (conducive to health) · ru здоро́вый (enjoying good health) · pt saudável (conducive to health) · es sano (conducive to health) · el υγιής (enjoying good health) · mk здрав (significant, hefty) · fro sain (enjoying good health) · hu jelentős (significant, hefty) · ca sa (enjoying good health) · vi khỏe mạnh (enjoying good health) · kk тәуір (enjoying good health) · br yac'h (enjoying good health) · it sano (conducive to health) · av сахав (enjoying good health) · hi निरोग (enjoying good health) · cs zdravý (conducive to health) · yua óol (enjoying good health) · rm sàn (enjoying good health) · nb frisk (evincing health) · bg здрав (evincing health) · lo ສຳຣານ (enjoying good health) · lo ນິລາໄມ (enjoying good health) · hrx gesund (enjoying good health) · lo ແຮງຫັນ (enjoying good health) · cy iach (enjoying good health) · sh здра̏в (evincing health) · de gesund (evincing health) · fa درواخ (enjoying good health) · atv саг (enjoying good health) · lo ໜຳ (enjoying good health) · fr bon pour la santé (conducive to health) · sh здра̏в (conducive to health) · uli hael’dii (enjoying good health) · es sano (evincing health) · ca salubre (enjoying good health) · ru здоро́вый (evincing health) · sh zdrȁv (conducive to health) · mi tūhauora (enjoying good health) · ko 건강하다 (enjoying good health) · ka ჯანსაღი (enjoying good health) · lt sveikas (conducive to health) · lo ຕຸ້ຽເກິ່ງ (enjoying good health) · lo ສຸກ (enjoying good health) · az sağlam (enjoying good health) · yrl katú (enjoying good health) · cs zdravý (enjoying good health) · lmo san (enjoying good health) · ja 達者な (enjoying good health) · cy iachusol (conducive to health) · nb karsk (enjoying good health) · lo ສະບາຍ (enjoying good health) · gld ая (conducive to health) · ms segar (enjoying good health) · fr sain (evincing health) · hy առողջ (enjoying good health) · uk здоро́вий (enjoying good health) · lo ສະບາຽ (enjoying good health) · sl zdrav (enjoying good health) · ce могуш (enjoying good health) · ga sláintiúil (conducive to health) · zu -phila (enjoying good health) · be здаро́вы (conducive to health) · sa स्वस्थ (enjoying good health) · hu egészséges (enjoying good health) · sc sanu (enjoying good health) · mn эрүүл (enjoying good health) · mk здрав (evincing health) · nl deugdelijk (significant, hefty) · nl hartig (significant, hefty) · tyv кадыкшылдыг (enjoying good health) · hu egészséges (conducive to health) · nl hartig (evincing health) · fi hyvinvoiva (enjoying good health) · evn ая (conducive to health) · fr sain (enjoying good health) · alt суузак (enjoying good health) · lo ສົມບູນ (enjoying good health) · es saludable (evincing health) · hi चंगा (enjoying good health) · nl gezond (conducive to health) · gl saudable (enjoying good health) · ja 健康的な (conducive to health) · sv hälsosam (conducive to health) · rm sang (enjoying good health) · os ӕнӕниз (enjoying good health) · ru здоро́вый (conducive to health) · nb sunn (significant, hefty) · tk salaamatly (enjoying good health) · tyv кадык (enjoying good health) · de gesund (conducive to health) · pt saudável (evincing health) · oc san (enjoying good health) · cmn 健康 (enjoying good health) · es sano (enjoying good health) · fur san (enjoying good health) · ar صِحِّيّ (conducive to health) · pl zdrowy (enjoying good health) · ms sihat (enjoying good health) · gl san (conducive to health) · got 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (enjoying good health) · nl gezond (significant, hefty) · uk здоро́вий (conducive to health) · el γερός (enjoying good health) · fa تندرست (enjoying good health) · rup sãn (enjoying good health) · la sanus (enjoying good health) · nl duchtig (significant, hefty) · ar صَحِيح (enjoying good health) · lv vesels (enjoying good health) · be здаро́вы (enjoying good health) · pl zdrowy (conducive to health) · ast sanu (enjoying good health) · fr en bonne santé (enjoying good health) · gl sao (enjoying good health) · fi terve (enjoying good health) · es saludable (conducive to health) · is heilbrigður (enjoying good health) · cmn 健康 (conducive to health) · lo ນິຣາພາດ (enjoying good health) · el ακμαίος (enjoying good health) · nb sunn (conducive to health) · hy առողջարար (conducive to health) · ml ആരോഗ്യമുള്ള (evincing health) · fi terveellinen (conducive to health) · lo ຕຸ້ຍເກິ່ງ (enjoying good health) · cs statný (significant, hefty) · fi kunnollinen (significant, hefty) · nb sunn (enjoying good health) · ml ആരോഗ്യമുള്ള (significant, hefty) · lo ສຸກໃຈ (enjoying good health) · br yac'hus (enjoying good health) · ab згәы бзиоу (enjoying good health) · lo ສຳຮານ (enjoying good health)