healthiness

noun

Definition of healthinessnext
as in health
the condition of being sound in body healthy teeth are an indication of a horse's overall healthiness

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Recent Examples of healthiness Unfortunately, Americans have proved themselves to be suckers for packaging that conveys a food’s healthiness, Bragg said. — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for healthiness
  1. health
  2. fitness
  3. wellness
  4. wholesomeness
  5. heartiness
  6. soundness
  7. strength
  8. robustness
Noun
  • At this point in the WSL’s existence, eight years since becoming a fully professional league, players now ageing out at the title contenders do so with all the advantages — finances, facilities, health — of only knowing full-time football.
    — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Zambia is particularly sensitive amid tensions over US health assistance and mining, while Kenya is pursuing deeper US trade and investment.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of health
Noun
  • What does fitness and physique mean to you in your work and in your everyday life?
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
  • However, Apple must contend with fierce competition in the subscription services arena, including music, TV, and fitness.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of fitness
Noun
  • More Great Beauty Stories from Vogue Sign up for Vogue’s beauty newsletter to receive the insider’s guide to all things beauty and wellness.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Though interest in peptides is popular in certain wellness circles, including with podcasters like Joe Rogan, many of those who are seeking alternative medicine or who are going back to traditional cultural practices don’t fit the MAHA archetype.
    — Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of wellness
Noun
  • Emma’s resistance to the bland wholesomeness of recovery spaces speaks to a familiar cultural trope across media, in films and television shows; that sobriety is where flamboyance goes to die.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • But after seven episodes wearing down the viewer with a bleak perspective, in the season finale, Euphoria pulls itself out of its own somber patterns to reach for grace and mercy in Christian symbolism, American wholesomeness, and the concept of family.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 June 2026
Definition of wholesomeness
Noun
  • The heartiness of other ingredients can determine the final number.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • To balance the heartiness, crunchy cucumbers and onions join tender leaves of parsley atop each bowl.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of heartiness
Noun
  • This project might strike you as dystopian and disturbing, or exciting and encouraging – and its ethical soundness comes down to a few key factors, several experts told CNN.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Some states require private schools participating in voucher programs to demonstrate some form of financial soundness.
    — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
Definition of soundness
Noun
  • The show is leaning into its strengths, dialing up the madcap comedy and overlapping dialogue while keeping the story lines rooted in recognizable rites of passage for young people.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Divya brings an incredible depth and emotional strength to the ensemble, and the combination of these three actors makes the world of the film particularly special.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of strength
Noun
  • The company has reported that the topological gap has been increased and the robustness has been enhanced as a result of modifications to the material stack.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The third is to develop novel variations of your stimuli or your benchmark items in order to test robustness and generalization.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of robustness

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“Healthiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/healthiness. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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