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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Surgical options for younger patients include a Ross procedure, in which a patient’s diseased aortic valve is replaced with their own healthy pulmonary valve, which in turn is replaced with a donor valve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

I luckily had a very standard birth, a healthy baby, and a two-day hospital stay.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

“This is clearly encouraging and pointing to sustained healthy demand momentum for SAP’s solutions,” said Deutsche Bank analysts of the first-quarter numbers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

That could reflect in part extreme inflation fatigue after years of higher prices, but that depressed reading “doesn’t seem to mesh with the financial reality of low-4% unemployment and generally healthy economic metrics.”

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

He looks strong and healthy and freshly shaved.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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