hearty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑɹti/
ipa: /ˈhɑːti/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: heartier
form: heartiest
Etymology: Equivalent to heart + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
text: We, full of hearty tears / For our good father's loss
ref: c. 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent, act IV, scene I:
text: Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: […] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: sincere
word: real
word: unfeigned
word: undissembled
word: earnest
word: affectionate
word: caring
word: cordial
word: fond
word: friendly
word: goodhearted
word: good-natured
word: heartfelt
word: hearty
word: kind
word: kindhearted
word: kindsome
word: loving
word: softhearted
word: warm
word: warm-hearted
word: tender
word: tenderhearted
glosses: Warm and cordial towards another person.
examples: text: a hearty appetite
synonyms: word: ardent
word: vigorous
word: zealous
word: abuzz
word: agile
word: airy
word: alive
word: animate
word: animated
word: brisk
word: busy
word: busy as a bee
word: buxom
word: buzzing
word: diligent
word: driven
word: driving
word: dynamic
word: eager
word: effervescent
word: energetic
word: enthusiastic
word: expeditious
word: frisky
word: gay
word: glowing
word: happy
word: hearty
word: impetuous
word: industrious
word: keen
word: kinetic
word: lively
word: merry
word: mobile
word: motivated
word: moving
word: nimble
word: peppy
word: perky
word: restive
word: snappy
word: spirited
word: sprightly
word: sprunt
word: spry
word: vibrant
word: vigorous
word: vivacious
word: vivid
word: zealous
word: zestful
word: zippy
word: animated
word: ardent
word: avid
word: big [⇒ thesaurus] [on]
word: bubbly
word: eager
word: earnest
word: ebullient
word: energetic
word: enthusiastic
word: excited
word: exhilarated
word: fanatic
word: fanatical
word: fervent
word: fervid
word: feverish
word: gassed
word: geeked
word: gung ho
word: hearty
word: high-spirited
word: impassioned
word: juiced
word: keen
word: lit up
word: lively
word: mad
word: motivated
word: passionate
word: raring
word: rip-roaring
word: souped-up
word: stimulated
word: thrilled
word: torrid
word: vehement
word: vibrant
word: vivacious
word: wild
word: worked up
word: wrought-up
word: zealous
word: zestful
glosses: Energetic, active or eager.
examples: text: a hearty fellow
synonyms: word: ebullient
word: joyful
word: berserk
word: blissed out
word: blithe
word: buoyant
word: blithesome
word: bonnie
word: bright
word: cheerful
word: cheerly
word: cheery
word: chuffed
word: cock-a-hoop
word: content
word: contented
word: convivial
word: delighted
word: ebullient
word: ecstatic
word: elated
word: euphoric
word: excited
word: exhilarated
word: exuberant
word: exultant
word: fat and happy
word: gassed
word: gay
word: gayful
word: glad
word: gladsome
word: gleeful
word: gleesome
word: happy
word: hearty
word: high on life
word: jovial
word: joyful
word: merry
word: merry as a cricket
word: merry as a grig
word: mirthsome
word: on cloud nine
word: overjoyed
word: overjoyous
word: over the moon
word: pacific
word: perky
word: placated
word: pleased
word: satisfied
word: thrilled
word: tickled pink
word: triumphant
word: vivacious
word: wealful
word: happy as a clam
word: happy as a clam at high water
word: happy as a lark
word: happy as a pig in mud
word: happy as a pig in shit
word: happy as a prince
word: happy as Larry
word: happy as the day is long
glosses: Cheerful; vivacious.
examples: text: a hearty handshake; a hearty timber
synonyms: hale
hardy
robust
stalwart
glosses: Exhibiting strength; firm; courageous.
examples: text: hearty food
text: I launched out in search of a vegetarian restaurant. […] I would trot ten or twelve miles each day, go into a cheap restaurant and eat my fill of bread, but would never be satisfied. During these wanderings I once hit on a vegetarian restaurant in Farringdon Street. The sight of it filled me with the same joy that a child feels on getting a thing after its own heart. Before I entered I noticed books for sale exhibited under a glass window near the door. I saw among them Salt's Plea for Vegetarianism. This I purchased for a shilling and went straight to the dining room. This was my first hearty meal since my arrival in England.
ref: 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xiv
text: Broccoli florets come into play as a hearty stand-in. These green bits bring texture and color to the plate. Our meals got a revamp with broccoli. It made dishes pop.
ref: 2025 February 3, Andrew Gray, “7 Tasty Green Peas Substitutes: Explore New Flavors”, in CooksCrafter:
synonyms: substantial
glosses: Promoting strength; nourishing.
Derived terms: hale and hearty
heartily
heartiness
hearty as a buck
overhearty
party-hearty
party hearty
superhearty
unheartily
unhearty
Related terms: lose heart
take heart