Collocations for healthy - adj.
1. not ill; producing good health
VERBS
appear,
be,
be born,
feel,
look,
seem
become
keep, remain, stay
make sb
Working in the open air has made him very healthy.
become
keep, remain, stay
make sb
Working in the open air has made him very healthy.
keep sb
Her good diet had kept her healthy.
Her good diet had kept her healthy.
consider sth
a new diet which is considered much healthier than previous ones
a new diet which is considered much healthier than previous ones
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
We have a very healthy diet.
We have a very healthy diet.
completely (esp. AmE),
perfectly
He's a perfectly healthy child.
He's a perfectly healthy child.
reasonably
generally
apparently
The rare disorder strikes apparently healthy boys between the ages of five and twelve.
generally
apparently
The rare disorder strikes apparently healthy boys between the ages of five and twelve.
otherwise
She looked pale, but otherwise healthy.
She looked pale, but otherwise healthy.
mentally,
physically
2. working well
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
The economy is extremely healthy at the moment.
The economy is extremely healthy at the moment.
reasonably,
relatively
basically, fundamentally, generally
financially
basically, fundamentally, generally
financially
Healthy is used with these nouns:
alternative, appetite, attitude, baby, bacteria, balance, balance sheet, body, bone, breakfast, cell, competition, complexion, contempt, development, dialogue, diet, disrespect, distrust, donor, dose, eater, economy, ego, environment, exercise, expansion, fare, fat, finance, food, future, glow, growth, gut, habit, heart, helping, individual, infant, lead, life, lifestyle, liver, lunch, lung, meal, mix, nail, people, pregnancy, profit, recipe, relationship, respect, return, sale, scepticism, sign, situation, skin, snack, specimen, state, subject, substitute, tan, tissue, tooth, trend, volunteer, weight
alternative, appetite, attitude, baby, bacteria, balance, balance sheet, body, bone, breakfast, cell, competition, complexion, contempt, development, dialogue, diet, disrespect, distrust, donor, dose, eater, economy, ego, environment, exercise, expansion, fare, fat, finance, food, future, glow, growth, gut, habit, heart, helping, individual, infant, lead, life, lifestyle, liver, lunch, lung, meal, mix, nail, people, pregnancy, profit, recipe, relationship, respect, return, sale, scepticism, sign, situation, skin, snack, specimen, state, subject, substitute, tan, tissue, tooth, trend, volunteer, weight