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healthy

adj · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.θi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈhel.θi/
  • India, North: /ˈhɛːl.d̪iː/
  • India, North: /ˈhɛːl.t̪hiː/
  • India, South: /ˈ(h)el.d̪iː/
  • India, South: /ˈ(h)el.t̪(h)iː/
  • homophone: healthie
  • rhymes with -ɛlθi
  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 L TH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was father to three healthy kids.
  • a healthy mind in a healthy body
  • Brush regularly to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy.
  • My fruit trees are looking very healthy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: well, hale, fit

Antonyms: unhealthy

2

adj

Meaning 2

Conducive to health.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A healthy diet can help to maintain proper weight.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: healthful, wholesome, nourishing

Antonyms: unhealthy

3

adj

Meaning 3

Evincing health.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Her face had a healthy glow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Significant, hefty; beneficial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • a healthy respect for authority
  • Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.
  • a healthy dislike, a healthy contempt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a rosy healthy baby
  • staying fit and healthy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unhealthy

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

large in amount or extent or degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it cost a considerable amount
  • a goodly amount
  • received a hefty bonus
  • a respectable sum
  • a tidy sum of money
  • a sizable fortune

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goodly, goodish, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

exercising or showing good judgment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • healthy scepticism
  • a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
  • the healthy attitude of French laws
  • healthy relations between labor and management
  • an intelligent solution
  • a sound approach to the problem
  • sound advice
  • no sound explanation for his decision

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

financially secure and functioning well

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a healthy economy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

promoting health; healthful- C.B.Davis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a healthy diet
  • clean healthy air
  • plenty of healthy sleep
  • healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy
  • the salubrious mountain air and water
  • carrots are good for you

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: salubrious, good for you(p)

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

244 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: згәы бзиоу (zgwə bzjow) — enjoying good health
  • Aleut: kaangux̂ — enjoying good health
  • Northern Altai: саг (sag) — enjoying good health
  • Southern Altai: су (su) — enjoying good health
  • Southern Altai: суузак (suuzak) — enjoying good health
  • Southern Altai: эзен (ezen) — enjoying good health
  • Arabic: صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ) — enjoying good health
  • Arabic: سَلِيم (salīm) — enjoying good health
  • Arabic: مُعَاف (muʕāf) — enjoying good health
  • Archi: сагъду (sağdu) — enjoying good health
  • Armenian: առողջ (aṙoġǰ) — enjoying good health
  • Aromanian: sãn — enjoying good health
  • Asturian: sanu — enjoying good health
  • Avar: сахав (saxaw) — enjoying good health
  • Azerbaijani: sağlam — enjoying good health
  • Bactrian: λρογο (lrogo) — enjoying good health
  • Belarusian: здаро́вы (zdaróvy) — enjoying good health
  • Breton: yac'hus — enjoying good health
  • Breton: yac'h — enjoying good health
  • Bulgarian: здрав (zdrav) — enjoying good health
  • Catalan: sa — enjoying good health
  • Catalan: salubre — enjoying good health
  • Chechen: могуш (moguš) — enjoying good health
  • Chinese Cantonese: 健康 (gin6 hong1) — enjoying good health
  • Chinese Mandarin: 健康 (jiànkāng) — enjoying good health
  • Cornish: yaghus — enjoying good health
  • Cornish: yagh — enjoying good health
  • Czech: zdravý — enjoying good health
  • Danish: sund — enjoying good health
  • Dutch: gezond — enjoying good health
  • Esperanto: sana — enjoying good health
  • Even: абгар (aʙgar) — enjoying good health
  • Evenki: авгара (awgara) — enjoying good health
  • Faliscan: salve — enjoying good health
  • Faroese: frískur — enjoying good health
  • Finnish: terve — enjoying good health
  • Finnish: hyvinvoipa — enjoying good health
  • Finnish: hyvinvoiva — enjoying good health
  • French: en bonne santé — enjoying good health
  • French: sain — enjoying good health
  • Old French: sain — enjoying good health
  • Friulian: san — enjoying good health
  • Friulian: salubri — enjoying good health
  • Friulian: rubest — enjoying good health
  • Galician: saudable — enjoying good health
  • Galician: san — enjoying good health
  • Galician: sao — enjoying good health
  • Galician: insente — enjoying good health
  • Georgian: ჯანსაღი (ǯansaɣi) — enjoying good health
  • Georgian: ჯანმრთელი (ǯanmrteli) — enjoying good health
  • German: gesund — enjoying good health
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails) — enjoying good health
  • Greek: υγιής (ygiís) — enjoying good health
  • Greek: γερός (gerós) — enjoying good health
  • Greek: ακμαίος (akmaíos) — enjoying good health
  • Greek: εύρωστος (évrostos) — enjoying good health
  • Ancient Greek: ὑγιής (hugiḗs) — enjoying good health
  • Gujarati: તંદુરસ્ત (tandurast) — enjoying good health
  • Gujarati: નીરોગી (nīrogī) — enjoying good health
  • Hebrew: בריא (barí) — enjoying good health
  • Hindi: निरोग (nirog) — enjoying good health
  • Hindi: चंगा (caṅgā) — enjoying good health
  • Hungarian: egészséges — enjoying good health
  • Hunsrik: gesund — enjoying good health
  • Icelandic: heilbrigður — enjoying good health
  • Irish: folláin — enjoying good health
  • Irish: sláintiúil — enjoying good health
  • Old Irish: slán — enjoying good health
  • Italian: sano — enjoying good health
  • Japanese: 健康な (kenkō na) — enjoying good health
  • Japanese: 達者な (tassha na) — enjoying good health
  • Kazakh: тәуір (täuır) — enjoying good health
  • Korean: 건강하다 (geon'ganghada) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ສຸກ (suk) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ສົມບູນ (som būn) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ສະບາຍ (sa bāi) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ສະບາຽ (sa bāi) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ສຸກໃຈ (suk chai) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ສຸຂີ (su khī) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ຫນໍາ (nam) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ສຸຂາ (su khā) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ສໍາຣານ (sam rān) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ສໍາຮານ (sam hān) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ນິຣາໄມ (ni rā mai) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ນິລາໄມ (ni lā mai) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ແຮງຫັນ (hǣng han) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ກຶ້ດ (kưt) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ນິລາພາດ (ni lā phāt) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ນິຣາພາດ (ni rā phāt) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ຕຸ້ຍເກິ່ງ (tui kœng) — enjoying good health
  • Lao: ຕຸ້ຽເກິ່ງ (t kœng) — enjoying good health
  • Latin: sanus — enjoying good health
  • Latvian: vesels — enjoying good health
  • Latvian: veselīgs — enjoying good health
  • Lithuanian: sveikas — enjoying good health
  • Lombard: san — enjoying good health
  • Macedonian: здрав (zdrav) — enjoying good health
  • Malay: sihat — enjoying good health
  • Malay: segar — enjoying good health
  • Malayalam: ആരോഗ്യമായി (ārōgyamāyi) — enjoying good health
  • Māori: tūhauora — enjoying good health
  • Mizo: hrisël — enjoying good health
  • Mongolian: эрүүл (erüül) — enjoying good health
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thāmthám — enjoying good health
  • Nheengatu: katú — enjoying good health
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frisk — enjoying good health
  • Norwegian Bokmål: karsk — enjoying good health
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sunn — enjoying good health
  • Occitan: san — enjoying good health
  • Church Slavic: съдравъ (sŭdravŭ) — enjoying good health
  • Church Slavic: ⱄⱏⰴⱃⰰⰲⱏ (sŭdravŭ) — enjoying good health
  • Old English: hāl — enjoying good health
  • Ossetian: ӕнӕниз (ænæniz) — enjoying good health
  • Persian: تندرست (tandorost) — enjoying good health
  • Persian: درواخ (dorvâx) — enjoying good health
  • Polish: zdrowy — enjoying good health
  • Portuguese: saudável — enjoying good health
  • Portuguese: são — enjoying good health
  • Romanian: sănătos — enjoying good health
  • Romansh: saun — enjoying good health
  • Romansh: san — enjoying good health
  • Romansh: sàn — enjoying good health
  • Romansh: sang — enjoying good health
  • Russian: здоро́вый (zdoróvyj) — enjoying good health
  • Sanskrit: कल्य (kalya) — enjoying good health
  • Sanskrit: स्वस्थ (svastha) — enjoying good health
  • Sanskrit: नीरोग (nīrōga) — enjoying good health
  • Sardinian: sanu — enjoying good health
  • Scots: hailsome — enjoying good health
  • Scottish Gaelic: fallain — enjoying good health
  • Serbo-Croatian: здра̏в — enjoying good health
  • Serbo-Croatian: zdrȁv — enjoying good health
  • Slovak: zdravý — enjoying good health
  • Slovene: zdrav — enjoying good health
  • Spanish: sano — enjoying good health
  • Spanish: salubre — enjoying good health
  • Swedish: frisk — enjoying good health
  • Tabasaran: сагъи (saġi) — enjoying good health
  • Thai: แข็งแรง (kɛ̌ng-rɛɛng) — enjoying good health
  • Turkish: sağlıklı — enjoying good health
  • Turkmen: salaamatly — enjoying good health
  • Tuvan: кадык (kadık) — enjoying good health
  • Tuvan: кадыкшылдыг (kadıkşıldıg) — enjoying good health
  • Ukrainian: здоро́вий (zdoróvyj) — enjoying good health
  • Urdu: نروگ (nirog) — enjoying good health
  • Urdu: صحت مند (sēhat-mand) — enjoying good health
  • Venetan: san — enjoying good health
  • Vietnamese: khỏe mạnh — enjoying good health
  • Welsh: iach — enjoying good health
  • Middle Welsh: yach — enjoying good health
  • Yucatec Maya: óol — enjoying good health
  • Zulu: -phila — enjoying good health
  • Zyphe: dang — enjoying good health
  • Arabic: صِحِّيّ (ṣiḥḥiyy) — conducive to health
  • Armenian: առողջարար (aṙoġǰarar) — conducive to health
  • Belarusian: здаро́вы (zdaróvy) — conducive to health
  • Bulgarian: здравословен (zdravosloven) — conducive to health
  • Chinese Cantonese: 健康 (gin6 hong1) — conducive to health
  • Chinese Mandarin: 健康 (jiànkāng) — conducive to health
  • Czech: zdravý — conducive to health
  • Dutch: gezond — conducive to health
  • Esperanto: saniga — conducive to health
  • Evenki: ая (aja) — conducive to health
  • Finnish: terveellinen — conducive to health
  • French: bon pour la santé — conducive to health
  • Galician: saudable — conducive to health
  • Galician: san — conducive to health
  • German: gesund — conducive to health
  • Greek: υγιεινός (ygieinós) — conducive to health
  • Hebrew: בריא (barí) — conducive to health
  • Hungarian: egészséges — conducive to health
  • Icelandic: hollur — conducive to health
  • Irish: folláin — conducive to health
  • Irish: sláintiúil — conducive to health
  • Italian: sano — conducive to health
  • Italian: salutare — conducive to health
  • Japanese: 健康的な (kenkōteki na) — conducive to health
  • Japanese: 健康に良い (kenkō ni yoi) — conducive to health
  • Latin: salūber — conducive to health
  • Latvian: veselīgs — conducive to health
  • Lithuanian: sveikas — conducive to health
  • Lithuanian: sveikatingas — conducive to health
  • Macedonian: здрав (zdrav) — conducive to health
  • Malayalam: അരോഗ്യമായ (arōgyamāya) — conducive to health
  • Mizo: hrisël — conducive to health
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thāmthám — conducive to health
  • Nanai: ая (aja) — conducive to health
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sunn — conducive to health
  • Old English: hālwende — conducive to health
  • Polish: zdrowy — conducive to health
  • Portuguese: saudável — conducive to health
  • Romanian: sănătos — conducive to health
  • Russian: здоро́вый (zdoróvyj) — conducive to health
  • Russian: поле́зный (poléznyj) — conducive to health
  • Serbo-Croatian: здра̏в — conducive to health
  • Serbo-Croatian: zdrȁv — conducive to health
  • Slovene: zdrav — conducive to health
  • Spanish: saludable — conducive to health
  • Spanish: sano — conducive to health
  • Spanish: salubre — conducive to health
  • Spanish: salutífero — conducive to health
  • Swedish: hälsosam — conducive to health
  • Ukrainian: здоро́вий (zdoróvyj) — conducive to health
  • Vietnamese: tốt cho sức khỏe — conducive to health
  • Welsh: iachusol — conducive to health
  • Bulgarian: здрав (zdrav) — evincing health
  • Dutch: hartig — evincing health
  • Finnish: reilu — evincing health
  • French: sain — evincing health
  • French: en bonne santé — evincing health
  • Galician: saudable — evincing health
  • Galician: san — evincing health
  • German: gesund — evincing health
  • German: anständig — evincing health
  • Greek: γερός (gerós) — evincing health
  • Hungarian: egészséges — evincing health
  • Macedonian: здрав (zdrav) — evincing health
  • Malayalam: ആരോഗ്യമുള്ള (ārōgyamuḷḷa) — evincing health
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frisk — evincing health
  • Portuguese: saudável — evincing health
  • Romanian: sănătos — evincing health
  • Romanian: zdravăn — evincing health
  • Russian: здоро́вый (zdoróvyj) — evincing health
  • Serbo-Croatian: здра̏в — evincing health
  • Serbo-Croatian: zdrȁv — evincing health
  • Spanish: saludable — evincing health
  • Spanish: sano — evincing health
  • Swedish: hälsosam — evincing health
  • Czech: statný — significant, hefty
  • Dutch: gezond — significant, hefty
  • Dutch: deugdelijk — significant, hefty
  • Dutch: duchtig — significant, hefty
  • Dutch: hartig — significant, hefty
  • Finnish: terve — significant, hefty
  • Finnish: kunnollinen — significant, hefty
  • German: ordentlich — significant, hefty
  • Greek: ικανός (ikanós) — significant, hefty
  • Greek: δέων (déon) — significant, hefty
  • Hungarian: jelentős — significant, hefty
  • Hungarian: jókora — significant, hefty
  • Macedonian: здрав (zdrav) — significant, hefty
  • Malayalam: ആരോഗ്യമുള്ള (ārōgyamuḷḷa) — significant, hefty
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sunn — significant, hefty
  • Russian: здоро́вый (zdoróvyj) — significant, hefty
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