List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 182

SYNONYMS: healthy, sound, wholesome, hale, robust, well, hardy, vigorous.
These adjectives are compared as they mean being in or indicative of good physical or mental health.

Healthy stresses the absence of disease and often implies energy and strength: a rosy, healthy infant. If you exercise and eat properly, you'll stay fit and healthy.
Sound emphasizes freedom from injury, imperfection, or impairment: Pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
Wholesome suggests appealing healthiness and well-being: a broad grin on his ugly wholesome face.
Hale stresses freedom from infirmity, especially in elderly persons, while robust emphasizes healthy strength and ruggedness: He is old, but hale, robust, and florid.
Well indicates absence of or recovery from sickness: Her mother is not a well woman.
Hardy implies robust and sturdy good health: hardy mountaineers of Alpine regions.
Vigorous suggests healthy, active energy and strength: He's a vigorous man, who his spent day on horseback.