Antonyms for healthy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hel-thee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛl θi |
Definition of healthy
Origin :- 1550s, from health + -y (2). Slightly earlier in the same sense was healthsome (1530s). Related: Healthiness.
- It is wrong to say that certain articles of food are healthy or unhealthy. Wholesome and unwholesome are the right words. A pig may be healthy or unhealthy while alive; but after he is killed and becomes pork, he can enjoy no health, and suffer no sickness. [Eliza Leslie, "Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book," Philadelphia, 1839]
- adj in good condition
- Now, that's healthy doin's fur a two-fisted Christian, ain't it?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The healthy and the young might read a lesson on her blanched and wrinkled cheek.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- He was well groomed, of course; healthy, all a-tingle with vitality.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The silkworm-rearers are now taught to breed from healthy moths only.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- I say, don't you know that it's not healthy to go to sleep in the middle of the day?
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- He'll be all right, however; he's young, and healthy as a peach.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Why had he not come to meet her during her healthy exercise of the past three days?
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- I don't believe there is a healthy, normal man living who has not his dream.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- "I do like young people to have a healthy appetite," said the Senator.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- So, he did not feel that he was quite similar to his companions in games and healthy fatigues.
- Extract from : « Ramuntcho » by Pierre Loti
Synonyms for healthy
- able-bodied
- active
- all right
- athletic
- blooming
- bright-eyed
- bushy-tailed
- chipper
- firm
- fit
- flourishing
- fresh
- full of life
- hale
- hardy
- healthful
- hearty
- husky
- in fine feather
- in fine fettle
- in good shape
- in the pink
- lively
- lusty
- muscular
- normal
- physically fit
- potent
- restored
- robust
- rosy-cheeked
- safe and sound
- sound
- stout
- strong
- sturdy
- tough
- trim
- unimpaired
- vigorous
- virile
- well
- whole
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