Hearty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Expressed warmly, exuberantly, and unrestrainedly: a hearty welcome.
  • adj. Complete or thorough; unequivocal: hearty support.
  • adj. Vigorous; robust: a hearty glow of health.
  • adj. Enjoying or requiring much food: a hearty appetite.
  • adj. Providing abundant nourishment; substantial: a hearty meal.
  • n. A good fellow; a comrade.
  • n. A sailor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
  • adj. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.
  • adj. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.
  • n. : Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager
  • adj. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak.
  • adj. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant
  • n. Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Influenced by or proceeding from the heart; heartfelt; sincere; zealous: as, to be hearty in support of a project; a hearty welcome; a hearty laugh.
  • Full of health; exhibiting strength; sound; strong; healthy: as, a hearty man.
  • Adapted for, affording, using, or requiring strong or abundant nourishment: as, hearty food; a hearty dinner; a hearty eater or appetite.
  • Bold; courageous.
  • Synonyms Hearty, Cordial, Sincere; real, unfeigned, unaffected, heartfelt, earnest, ardent, eager. Hearty means having the heart in a thing, warmly interested in favor of something, and acting so as to show this feeling; proceeding straight from the heart, and manifested outwardly. Cordial is rather applied to feelings cherished or felt in the heart, heartfelt, or the outward expression of such feelings: as, cordial love; cordial hatred; cordial desires. Sincere means devoid of deceit or pretense, implying that the sentiments and the outward expression of them are in consonance.
  • Active, vigorous, robust, hale.
  • n. A seaman's familiar form of address: as, come here, my hearties.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
  • adj. consuming abundantly and with gusto
  • adj. without reservation
  • adj. providing abundant nourishment
  • adj. endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
  • Equivalent
    warm    healthy    complete    wholesome   
    Variant
    heartiest    heartier   
    Form
    heartiness    heartily   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    zealous    real    warm    sincere    earnest    active    unfeigned    vigorous    eager    cordial   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Artie    Arty    Marti    Marty    Moriarty    arty    harty    parti    party    smarty   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cordial    sincere    cheerful    enthusiastic    joyous    heartfelt    genial    cheery    eager