GOOD HEALTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does good health mean? 

• GOOD HEALTH (noun)
  The noun GOOD HEALTH has 1 sense:

1. the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease

  Familiarity information: GOOD HEALTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOOD HEALTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

good health; healthiness

Hypernyms ("good health" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "good health"):

haleness; wholeness (a state of robust good health)

energy; vim; vitality (a healthy capacity for vigorous activity)

bloom; blush; flush; rosiness (a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health)

freshness; glow (an alert and refreshed state)

radiance (an attractive combination of good health and happiness)

sturdiness (the state of being vigorous and robust)

condition; shape (the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases 'in condition' or 'in shape' or 'out of condition' or 'out of shape'))

Antonym:

ill health (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)

 Context examples 

He drank her very-good health, and in return she drank his.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Our provisions held out well, our ship was staunch, and our crew all in good health; but we lay in the utmost distress for water.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

What could possibly be more important than good health?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Indoles may promote good health and are being studied in the prevention of certain types of cancer, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer.

(Indole, NCI Dictionary)

Bioactive compounds have actions in the body that may promote good health.

(Bioactive compound, NCI Dictionary)

Well, here’s your good health landlord, and prosperity to your house.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In general she has been in very good health and very good looks since Michaelmas.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I deliberated a moment; my answer, when it did come, was objectionable: "I must keep in good health, and not die."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"While both promotion and prevention focused individuals will be motivated to maintain good health, the former are more likely to employ approach strategies such as nutritional involvement.

(People with Positive Attitude More Likely to Eat Healthily, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The science of health, and the practice of cleanliness that promotes good health and well-being.

(Hygiene, NCI Dictionary)