mindmap root((健康)) healthy implies the possession of full strength and vigor or freedom from signs of disease or may apply to what manifests or indicates these conditions: the doctor pronounced the whole family ~. sound emphasizes the absence of illness, weakness, or malfunction: an examination showed his heart to be ~. wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance or equilibrium: she looks especially ~ in her tennis togs. robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly and connotes vigor and health shown in muscularity, fresh color, a strong voice and an ability to work long and hard: a lively, ~ little boy. hale applies particularly to robustness in old age: still ~ at the age of eighty. well implies merely freedom from disease or illness: she has never been a ~ person.