healthy \'hel-the-\ aj 1: enjoying good health : WELL 2: evincing health {a ~ complexion} 3: conducive to health 4a: PROSPEROUS, FLOURISHING 4b: not small or feeble : CONSIDERABLE HEALTHY implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease; SOUND emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction; WHOLESOME implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance; ROBUST implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly; HALE applies particularly to robustness in old age; WELL implies merely freedom from disease or illness SYN syn SOUND, WHOLESOME, ROBUST, HALE, WELL: