Definition of: healthy

(hel′thē) adjective health·i·er, health·i·est
1. Having good health; sound; well.
2. Conducive to health; salutary: healthy recreation.
3. Indicative or characteristic of sound health: a healthy complexion.
—health′i·ly adverb
—health′i·ness noun Synonyms: hale, healthful, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome. Healthy is correctly used to signify possessing or enjoying health or its results; as, a healthy person, a healthy condition. Healthful signifies promotive of health, tending or adapted to confer, preserve, or promote health; as, a healthful climate, a healthful diet. Salubrious is always used in the physical sense, and is chiefly applied to air or climate. Salutary is now chiefly used in the moral sense; as, a salutary lesson. See SANE. Antonyms: delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn.