healthy
adjective
1. having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
- a rosy healthy baby
- staying fit and healthy
Similar word(s): fit, flushed, rosy, bouncing, firm, good, sound, hale, whole, hearty, lusty, anicteric, florid, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine, wholesome, robust, well, wholesome
2. financially secure and functioning well
- a healthy economy
Similar word(s): sound
3. promoting health; healthful
- a healthy diet
- clean healthy air
- plenty of healthy sleep
Similar word(s): wholesome, salubrious
4. exercising or showing good judgment
- healthy scepticism
- a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
- the healthy attitude of French laws
Similar word(s): reasonable, sensible, intelligent, levelheaded, sound
5. large in amount or extent or degree
Similar word(s): considerable, goodish, goodly, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy
Sentences with healthy as an adjective:
- He was father to three healthy kids.
- A healthy diet and exercise can help to maintain proper weight.
- a healthy respect for authority
- Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.