healthy

[hel-thee] / ˈhɛl θi /

ADJECTIVE

in good condition

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active athletic fresh healthful hearty lively normal robust strong tough vigorous

WEAK

able-bodied all right blooming bright-eyed bushy-tailed chipper firm fit flourishing full of life hale hardy husky in fine feather in fine fettle in good shape in the pink lusty muscular physically fit potent restored rosy-cheeked safe and sound sound stout sturdy trim unimpaired virile well whole

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic delicate feeble gentle idle inactive infirm kind lazy lethargic lifeless soft unhealthy weak

WEAK

delicated diseased fragile ill indisposed poor sick sickly worn

Example Sentences

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Bainton said the aim of surgery is always to remove the affected tissue while preserving healthy organs, but that this can be challenging because endometriosis can cause fibrosis and may infiltrate nearby structures.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

However, the fund’s long-term trend remains healthy, with the 50-week simple moving average sloping higher.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Alisha Holland, a Princeton student during that time and now a Harvard government professor who helped craft the grade-cap policy, said there was still incentive at Princeton for collaboration and competition remained healthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Patients with more severe illness had a greater number of these clusters, while healthy donor lungs showed none.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The boils, the sores, the putrid growths just melted back into healthy full flesh.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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