unhealthy

Other forms of unhealthy

comparative or superlative

unhealthier

comparative or superlative

unhealthiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unhealthy

What does unhealthy mean?

unhealthy means "not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unhealthy?

unhealthy has 3 syllables: un-heal-thy. The stress falls on "heal". In IPA it is /ənˈhɛlθi/.

What is another word for unhealthy?

Close synonyms include insalubrious, unhealthful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unhealthy?

The recorded antonyms are healthy.

Is unhealthy a common word?

unhealthy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unhealthy?

1 word rhymes with unhealthy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.