Definition of HEALTH

health

Meanings

Plural: healths

Noun

  • a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
    • "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
  • the general condition of body and mind
    • "his delicate health"
    • "in poor health"
  • The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
  • A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
  • Physical condition.
  • Cure, remedy.
  • A toast to prosperity.
  • The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.
  • A warrior; hero; man.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, hale”). Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.

Synonyms

wellness

Antonyms

illness, unwellness

Scrabble Score: 12

health is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
health is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
health is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

health is a valid Words With Friends word