Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Healthy \Health"y\, a. [Compar. {Healthier}; superl.
{Healthiest}.]
1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound;
free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.
His mind was now in a firm and healthy state.
--Macaulay.
2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy
complexion.
3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as,
a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
Syn: Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome;
salutary.
Source : WordNet®
healthiest
See {healthy}
healthy
adj 1: having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from
infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying
fit and healthy" [ant: {unhealthy}]
2: financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy"
3: promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean
healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and
normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious
mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for
you" [syn: {salubrious}, {good for you(p)}]
4: physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and
fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and
exercise" [syn: {fit}] [ant: {unfit}]
5: exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism";
"a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of
French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and
management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach
to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for
his decision" [syn: {intelligent}, {levelheaded}, {sound}]
[also: {healthiest}, {healthier}]