Healthiest

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Healthy \Health"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. {Healthier}
     (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Healthiest}.]
     1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound;
        free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant.
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              His mind was now in a firm and healthy state.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy
        complexion.
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     3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as,
        a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
  
     Syn: Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome;
          salutary.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  healthiest
       See {healthy}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]