Acceptable
Acceptable adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.
Healthy and acceptable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Healthy" instead an adjective "Acceptable".
Healthy
Healthy adjective - Enjoying health and vigor.
Acceptable and healthy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acceptable" instead an adjective "Healthy".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Sports memorabilia, however, is acceptable and healthy, as are film/celebrity collections as long as they fall below the "scary stalker" line.
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Similarly, 1950's "art and public education" movies about life in nudist camps and how healthy and life-engendering the lifestyle was, would often be carefully edited to avoid any genitals nearer than fifty feet of the camera - these were acceptable in long-shot, however.
Source: Barbie Doll Anatomy -
Their entire relationship was never treated as healthy - it was treated as Sarah running away from home in a socially acceptable fashion just to get away from the walking traumatizer that was Bill Henrickson.
Source: Series / Big Love
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