health
/ˈhɛlθ/
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Australia/ˈhelθ/
health noun: the state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
Noun (1)
health (usually uncountable, plural healths)
- The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
- Her mental health is really affected by stressful environments.
- My grampa still enjoys very good health.
- A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
- The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project.
- Physical condition.
- Cure, remedy.
- A toast to prosperity.
- Strikingly, however, Waller does not deny but rather revels in the claim that healths lead to excessive drinking2002, Joshua Scodel, Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature, page 213
- The amount of damage an in-game entity can withstand before it is killed, destroyed or defeated.
- The enemies on this level have a lot of health.
- Lose a little health and there's a few seconds in which you'll be able to win it back by ragging on an enemy.2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2026
Noun (2)
health (plural healths)
- A warrior; hero; man.
- They, under false pretence of amity and cheer, the British peers invite, the German healths to view.1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned...
health meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
health in Hindi
- state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction
- आरोग्य ārogya, स्वास्थ्य svāsthya, सेहत sehat
- physical condition
- स्वास्थ्य svāsthya
health in Tamil
- state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction
- நலம் nalam, உடல்நலம் uṭalnalam, ஆரோக்கியம் ārōkkiyam
- physical condition
- உடல்நிலை uṭalnilai
health in Marathi
- state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction
- आरोग्य ārogya, तब्येत tabyet
health in Urdu
- state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction
- صِحَت sihat, طَبِیعَت tabī'at
More languagesFewer languages
- health in Bengali
- স্বাস্থ্য śasttho, আরোগ্য arōggo
- health in Telugu
- ఆరోగ్యం ārōgyaṁ, ఆరోగ్యము ārōgyamu
- health in Malayalam
- ആരോഗ്യം ārōgyaṁ
- health in Kannada
- ಆರೋಗ್ಯದ ārōgyada, ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ārōgya
- health in Punjabi
- ਸਿਹਤ sihat
- health in Gujarati
- આરોગ્ય ārogya
- health in Odia
- ସ୍ୱାସ୍ଥ୍ଯ଼
- health in Sanskrit
- आरोग्य ārogya, स्वास्थ्य svāsthya, कल्य kalya
- health in Sinhala
- සනීප sanīpa
- health in Nepali
- उसाँय् usā̃y
- health in Pashto
- روغتيا roǧtyā, سلامتي salāmati
- health in Tagalog
- kalusugan
- health in Arabic
- صِحَّة ṣiḥḥa, عَافِيَة ʕāfiya, سَلَامَة salāma
- health in Malay
- kesihatan
- health in Indonesian
- kesehatan
- health in Thai
- สุขภาพ sùk-kà-pâap
- health in Vietnamese
- sức khỏe
- health in Myanmar
- ကျန်းမာရေး kyan:mare:
Examples of health in a sentence
- He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- Enemies can knock your health down to zero if you're not careful and item upgrades are slow to come by.2025 February, Tyler Colp, “Reinstall: Path of Exile”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 91:
Forms of health
| plural | healths |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | helth |
| alternative form (obsolete) | helthe |
| alternative form (obsolete) | healthe |
Origin of health
Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from *hailaz + *-iþō. Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.
From Middle English heleð (“man, hero, fighter”), from Old English hæleþ (“man, hero, fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”). Cognate with West Frisian held (“hero”), Dutch held (“hero”), German Held (“hero”), Norwegian Nynorsk hauld (“freeman”).
Words formed from health
- allied health
- bill of health
- cyberhealth
- digital health
- eHealth
- e-health
- health activation
- health and fitness age
- health and safety
- healthbar
- health bar
- health behavior
- health behaviour
- health cage
- healthcare
- health-care
- health care
- health center
- health centre
- health club
- health code
- health-conscious
- health education
- healthen
- health farm
- health faucet
- health food
- healthful
- health fund
- health goth
- health hazard
- healthie
- healthification
- healthify
- healthiness
- health informatics
- health insurance
- healthism
- healthist
- health is wealth
- health is your first wealth
- healthless
- healthlike
- health physicist
- health physics
- health point
- health product
- health resort
- health risk
- healthscape
- health science
- health service
- health shake
- healthsome
- health spa
- healthspan
- health stamp
- health system
- health tourism
- health visitor
Phrases with health
- in health
- ill health
- health bars
- health span
- health spas
- occy health
- health cages
- health clubs
- health codes
- health farms
- health foods
- health funds
58 more phrasesFewer phrases
- health risks
- health spans
- health points
- health shakes
- health stamps
- health worker
- mental health
- public health
- health centers
- health centres
- health faucets
- health hazards
- health warning
- health workers
- pink of health
- to your health
- Vale of Health
- bills of health
- health literacy
- health products
- health sciences
- health services
- health visitors
- health warnings
- health behaviors
- health behaviours
- health insurances
- health physicists
- mental health day
- telemental health
- mental health care
- mental health days
- foul bill of health
- hallway health care
- managed health care
- reproductive health
- clean bill of health
- foul bills of health
- clean bills of health
- in the pink of health
- public health funeral
- Public Health Service
- telebehavioral health
- World Health Assembly
- public health funerals
- health and fitness ages
- health care professional
- life, prosperity, health
- health care professionals
- in sickness and in health
- World Health Organisation
- World Health Organization
- occupational health and safety
- occupational safety and health
- health maintenance organization
- health maintenance organizations
- Personal Social Health Education
- Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Words that rhyme with health
Questions about health
- What does health mean?
- Health means the state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
- What is health in Hindi?
- Health in Hindi is आरोग्य (ārogya), स्वास्थ्य (svāsthya), सेहत (sehat). See Health meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use health in a sentence?
- He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
- What part of speech is health?
- Health is a noun.
- How do you pronounce health?
- Health is pronounced /ˈhɛlθ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of health?
- The plural of health is healths.
Words near health in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: health (page history and authors); health (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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