Roget's Thesaurus

#654. Health

Nouns

health, sanity; soundness etc. adj.; vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.]; Hygeia; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health, clean bill of health; eupepsia; euphoria, euphory; St. Anthony's fire.

Verbs

be in health etc. adj.. bloom, flourish. keep body and soul together, keep on one's legs; enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health; have a clean bill of health. return to health; recover etc. 660; get better etc. (improve) 658; take a new lease of life, fresh lease of life; recruit; restore to health; cure etc. (restore) 660; tinker.

Adjectives

healthy, healthful; in health etc. n.; well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole; florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof. unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed, unmarred, untainted; sound of wind and limb, safe and sound. on one's legs; sound as a roach, sound as a bell; fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April; hearty as a buck; in fine feather, in high feather; in good case, in full bloom; pretty bobbish, tolerably well, as well as can be expected. sanitary etc. (health-giving) 656; sanatory etc. (remedial) 662.

Phrases

health that snuffs the morning air [Grainger]; non est vivere sed valere vita [Lat.] [Martial].