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in fine feather
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in good condition |
| Synonyms: | able-bodied, active, all right, athletic, blooming, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, chipper, firm, fit, flourishing, fresh, full of life, hale, hardy, healthful, hearty, husky, in fine feather, in fine fettle, in good shape, in the pink, lively, lusty, muscular, normal, physically fit, potent, restored, robust, rosy-cheeked, safe and sound, sound, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, trim, unimpaired, vigorous, virile, well, whole |
| Notes: | healthy is a positive descriptive of a person's (or personified thing's) physical state; healthful of something that favorably affects or promotes that state |
| Antonyms: | delicated, diseased, fragile, ill, indisposed, infirm, poor, sick, sickly, unhealthy, worn |
| Main Entry: | wholesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy, decent |
| Synonyms: | all there, beneficial, clean, edifying, ethical, exemplary, fit, good, hale, health-giving, healthful, helpful, honorable, hygienic, in fine feather, in the pink, innocent, invigorating, moral, nice, normal, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, pure, respectable, restorative, right, righteous, safe, salubrious, salutary, sane, sanitary, sound, strengthening, together, virtuous, well, worthy |
| Antonyms: | bad, impure, indecent, unhealthy, unwholesome |
| Main Entry: | puissant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong |
| Synonyms: | able, able-bodied, active, athletic, big*, capable, durable, enduring, energetic, firm, fixed, forceful, forcible, hale, hard as nails, hardy, hearty*, heavy*, heavy-duty, in fine feather, mighty, muscular, potent, powerful, reinforced, robust, rugged, secure, sinewy, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stark, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough*, unyielding, vigorous, well-built, well-founded, well-made |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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