Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

healthy

/ˈhɛl.θi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: healthy
IPA: /ˈhɛl.θi/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.

adj

Conducive to health.

adj

Evincing health.

adj

Significant, hefty; beneficial.

Example Sentences

"He was father to three healthy kids."
"a healthy mind in a healthy body"
"Brush regularly to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy."
"My fruit trees are looking very healthy."
"By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country."
"At Columbia-Greene, staffers go for the most unadoptable animals to save them from euthanasia. The youngest, healthiest, cutest pets are waiting for you."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hailiþō Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu Old English hǣlþ Middle English helthe English health Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English healthy From health + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɛl.θi/
British English: /ˈhɛl.θi/

Inflected Forms

healthier (comparative) more healthy (comparative) healthiest (superlative) most healthy (superlative)

Derived Forms

healthification healthify healthily healthiness healthyish nonhealthy superhealthy unhealthy

Phrases

a healthy body is a healthy mind early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise healthy as a horse healthy participant effect healthy user bias healthy worker bias heart-healthy

Frequently Paired Words

heal healing whole capable health

Synonyms

well hale fit healthful wholesome nourishing all oak and iron bound buxom freck hail hale and hearty healthy

Homonyms

healthie

Antonyms

unhealthy diseased ill

Rhymes With

wealthy unhealthy stealthy stealthie

Questions

How do you pronounce healthy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛl.θi/.
What does healthy mean?: Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
Where does healthy come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hailiþō Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu Old English hǣlþ Middle English helthe English health Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English healthy From health + -y.

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