hearty

Filling and substantial

Hearty describes something robust, vigorous, or wholehearted.

A hearty meal is substantial and satisfying.

A hearty laugh comes from deep within.

Hearty congratulations are warm and sincere.

A hearty welcome is enthusiastic.

The word often suggests physical vigor or abundance: hearty appetite, hale and hearty.

In nautical tradition, me hearties addresses fellow sailors.

enthusiastic

spirited

Full of vim

animated · vivacious · energetic · buoyant · zestful · eager · boisterous · jovial · effusive · wholehearted

meal

substantial

Of notable size or importance

ample · generous · wholesome · robust · square · solid · warming · plentiful · bountiful · abundant

friendly

warm

Moderately heated, or friendly

congenial · welcoming · warmhearted · good-natured · jovial · approachable · backslapping · convivial · hail-fellow · hospitable

robust

hale

Sound and vigorous

fit · sound · sturdy · hardy · well · able-bodied · strapping · stalwart · rugged · tough

appetite

ravenous

Extremely hungry, insatiable

famished · eager · robust · healthy · keen · lusty · big · strong · enormous · considerable

wholehearted

sincere

Genuinely felt, not feigned

unfeigned · complete · thorough · absolute · total · unreserved · enthusiastic · warm · deep · profound

Categories
Opposites
enthusiasm and warmth

heartyhalfhearted

Lacking sincere commitment

half-hearted · lukewarm · tepid · unenthusiastic · apathetic

physical robustness

heartyfrail

Weak and breakable

feeble · weak · sickly · delicate · infirm

meal substantiality

heartylight

Visible electromagnetic radiation

meager · insubstantial · scanty · small · sparse

Phrases
Family

heart, heartily, disheartened, dishearten, hearted, disheartening, heartiness, hearties, disheartenment

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G