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HEALTHY
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Irregular inflected forms: healthier , healthiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large in amount or extent or degree
Example:
a sizable fortune
Synonyms:
goodish; goodly; healthy; hefty; respectable; sizable; sizeable; tidy
Classified under:
Similar:
considerable (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
Example:
staying fit and healthy
Classified under:
Similar:
wholesome (sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind)
well-preserved (used of older persons who are healthy)
water-loving ((of plants) flourishing with lots of water)
sun-loving ((of plants) flourishing in strong sunlight)
florid; rubicund; ruddy; sanguine (inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life)
rock-loving (of plants that flourish in a rocky environment)
anicteric (not affected by jaundice)
full-blooded; hearty; lusty; red-blooded (endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health)
hearty (consuming abundantly and with gusto)
hale; whole (exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health)
good; sound (in excellent physical condition)
firm (possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue)
bouncing (vigorously healthy)
flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy; rosy-cheeked (having the pinkish flush of health)
Also:
fit (physically and mentally sound or healthy)
robust (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction)
well (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury)
wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)
Attribute:
health; wellness (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease)
Antonym:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Derivation:
health (the general condition of body and mind)
health (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease)
healthiness (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Exercising or showing good judgment
Example:
no sound explanation for his decision
Synonyms:
healthy; intelligent; level-headed; levelheaded; sound
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
reasonable; sensible (showing reason or sound judgment)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Financially secure and functioning well
Example:
a healthy economy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
sound (financially secure and safe)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Promoting health; healthful
Example:
carrots are good for you
Synonyms:
good for you; healthy; salubrious
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)
Context examples:
Scientists are homing in on what a healthy human microbiome looks like, mapping the normal bacteria that live in and on a human body.
(How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?, National Science Foundation)
CT7 and MAGE-A3 are tumor-specific proteins overexpressed in a number of cancers but not in healthy tissues other than testis and placenta.
(Autologous CT7/MAGE-A3/WT1 mRNA-Electroporated Langerhans-Type Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
But if you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system attacks healthy cells in your body by mistake.
(Autoimmune Diseases, NIH)
A nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy.
(All-trans retinoic acid, NCI Dictionary)
They concluded that spending more time conducting physical activity of moderate–vigorous intensity may help modulate these immunometabolic responses during the early stages of pregnancy in ‘healthy’ pregnant women.
(A new study highlights the importance of undertaking physical activity of moderate–vigorous intensity during the early weeks of pregnancy, University of Granada)
Allogeneic natural killer cell line MG4101 is derived from cells of a normal, healthy donor upon leukapheresis and activation.
(Allogeneic Natural Killer Cell Line MG4101, NCI Thesaurus)
Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
A disorder of the liver characterized by the presence of fibrotic scar tissue instead of healthy liver tissue.
(Alcoholic Cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)
The Chinese study examined the sleep habits of 31,750 healthy adults, with an average age of 61.7 years, over a six-year period.
(Regular extended sleep increases risk of stroke, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy and work the way it should.
(Alpha-tocopherol, NCI Dictionary)
