Synonyms for healthy

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In good health
sound, trim, all right, normal, robust, hale, vigorous, well, hearty, husky, athletic, stout, lusty, rosy-cheeked, potent, hardy, able-bodied, virile, muscular, blooming, sturdy, safe and sound, in good condition, in sound condition, combat-ready, in full possession of one's faculties, in good health, enjoying good health, possessing good health, full of pep, never feeling better, as well as can be expected, bursting with health, fresh, of a sound constitution, whole, healthful, firm, stout, unimpaired, buxom, lively, undecayed, flourishing, good, ruddy, cured, fit, clear-eyed, plump, full of life and vigor, spirited, in fine fettle, burly, restored, tough, youthful, sound of wind and limb, free from disease, free from infirmity, in fine whack*, fine*, bobbish*, at the peak of good health*, fine and dandy*, hunky-dory*, chipper*, in good shape*, sound as a bell*, in fine feather*, in the pink*, rugged*, fit as a fiddle*, sound as a dollar*, looking like a million*, fit and fine*, full of beans*, feeling one's oats*, hard as nails*; see also sane 1, strong 1.
Antonyms unhealthy*, ill, diseased.
Healthful
salubrious, salutary, wholesome; see healthful.

See healthy in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms

healthy sound ²wholesome hale ¹robust well ²hardy ¹vigorous

These adjectives mean being in or indicative of good physical or mental health. Healthy stresses the absence of disease and often implies energy and strength: The healthy athlete biked twenty miles every day.
Sound emphasizes freedom from injury, imperfection, or impairment: “The man with the toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound” (George Bernard Shaw).
Wholesome suggests appealing healthiness and well-being: “Exercise develops wholesome appetites” (Louisa May Alcott).
Hale stresses freedom from infirmity, especially in elderly persons, while robust emphasizes healthy strength and ruggedness: “He is pretty well advanced in years, but hale, robust, and florid” (Tobias Smollett).
Well indicates absence of or recovery from sickness: You should stay home from work if you're not well.
Hardy implies robust and sturdy good health: The hardy mountaineers camped in the Alps.
Vigorous suggests healthy, active energy and strength: “a vigorous old man, who spent half of his day on horseback” (W.H. Hudson).

healthy sound ²wholesome hale ¹robust well ²hardy ¹vigorous

See healthy in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

adjective

Having good health:
fit¹, hale, healthful, hearty, right, sound², well², whole, wholesome. Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle. See health
Promoting good health:
healthful, healthsome, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, wholesome. See health
Notably above average in amount, size, or scope:
big, considerable, extensive, good, great, large, large-scale, sizable. (Informal) tidy. See big

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