health
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
Noun 4 meanings
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
“Her mental health is really affected by stressful environments.”
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.
“The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project.”
Physical condition.
A toast to prosperity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from *hailaz + *-iþō. Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.
HEALTH at a glance
HEALTH has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + A 1 + L 1 + T 1 + H 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #325 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with health
All rhymes- WEALTH12
- COMMONWEALTH24
- STEALTH10
- FILTH11
- TELEHEALTH16
- TILTH8
- BRIDEWEALTH20
- SPILTH11
- UNHEALTH14
- COOLTH11
- ILLTH8
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- WEALTH12
- HEARTH12
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