healthy
UK/ˈhɛl.θi/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
Australia/ˈhel.θi/
healthy adjective: enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
Adjective
healthy (comparative healthier or more healthy, superlative healthiest or most healthy)
- Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
- He was father to three healthy kids.
- a healthy mind in a healthy body
- Antonyms:
- unhealthy
- Conducive to health.
- A healthy diet can help to maintain proper weight.
- 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...2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34
- Synonyms:
- healthful, wholesome, nourishing
- Antonyms:
- unhealthy
- Evincing health.
- Her face had a healthy glow.
- Significant, hefty; beneficial.
- a healthy respect for authority
- Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.
healthy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
healthy in Hindi
- enjoying good health
- निरोग nirog, चंगा caṅgā
healthy in Tamil
- நலமான, ஆரோக்கியமான
healthy in Urdu
- enjoying good health
- نروگ nirog, صحت مند sēhat-mand
healthy in Bengali
- healthy
- সুস্থ śustho
More languagesFewer languages
- healthy in Telugu
- ఆరోగ్యకరము ārōgyakaramu
- healthy in Malayalam
- ആരോഗ്യമായി ārōgyamāyi, ആരോഗ്യമുള്ള ārōgyamuḷḷa, അരോഗ്യമായ arōgyamāya
- healthy in Kannada
- ಮಯ್ಯೊಳಿತುಳ್ಳ
- healthy in Punjabi
- ਸ੍ਵਸਥ svasath, ਨਰੋਆ naroā
- healthy in Gujarati
- તંદુરસ્ત tandurast, નીરોગી nīrogī
- healthy in Odia
- ଭଲ bhala
- healthy in Sanskrit
- कल्य kalya, स्वस्थ svastha, नीरोग nīrōga
- healthy in Arabic
- صَحِيح ṣaḥīḥ, سَلِيم salīm, مُعَاف muʕāf, صِحِّيّ ṣiḥḥiyy
- healthy in Malay
- sihat, segar
- healthy in Persian
- تندرست tandorost, درواخ dorvâx
- healthy in Thai
- แข็งแรง kɛ̌ng-rɛɛng
- healthy in Vietnamese
- khỏe mạnh, tốt cho sức khỏe
Examples of healthy in a sentence
- Brush regularly to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy.
- My fruit trees are looking very healthy.
- a healthy dislike, a healthy contempt
- 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:
- “Healthy engagement” is how the company describes its aim.2025 November 23, Kashmir Hill, Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, quoting Hannah Wong, “What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With...
Synonyms of healthy
- well
- hale
- fit
- healthful
- wholesome
- nourishing
- all oak and iron bound
- hale and hearty
- in the pink of health
- lusty
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Antonyms
Forms of healthy
| comparative | healthier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more healthy |
| superlative | healthiest |
| superlative | most healthy |
Origin of healthy
From health + -y.
Words formed from healthy
Phrases with healthy
Words that rhyme with healthy
Questions about healthy
- What does healthy mean?
- Healthy means enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
- What is healthy in Hindi?
- Healthy in Hindi is निरोग (nirog), चंगा (caṅgā). See Healthy meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use healthy in a sentence?
- Brush regularly to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy.
- What part of speech is healthy?
- Healthy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce healthy?
- Healthy is pronounced /ˈhɛl.θi/ (UK).
Words near healthy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: healthy (page history and authors); healthy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); সুস্থ (Bengali) (page history and authors); ఆరోగ్యకరము (Telugu) (page history and authors); healthy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਰੋਆ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଭଲ (Odia) (page history and authors). 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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