Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Healthier"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
healthier
adj : improved in health or physical condition [syn: {fitter}]
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