hearty
hearty is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.
- 2.Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal. -- Hearty, Cordial, Sincere. Hearty implies honesty and simplicity of feelings and manners; cordial refers to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings are expressed; sincere implies that this expression corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man should be hearty in his attachment to his friends, cordial in his reception of them to his house, and sincere in his offers to assist them.
- 3.Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- and
- bell
- better
- bill
- bloom
- bobbish
- body
- brave
- buck
- can
- case
- clean
- cure
- daisy
- enjoy
- est
- eupepsia
- excellent
- feather
- fine
- fire
- florid
- flourish
- flush
- fresh
- full
- get
- good
- green
- hale
- hardy
- have
- health
- healthful
- healthy
- high
- improve
- incorruptibility
- incorruption
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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