- hearty⇄adj. 1. warm and friendly; full of feeling; genuine; sincere.
Ex. hearty wishes for a happy birthday. We gave our old friends a hearty welcome.
(SYN) heartfelt, cordial, genial, cheery.
2. strong and well; vigorous.
Ex. The old - hearty⇄hearty, adjective, heartier,heartiest,noun, pl.hearties.
- hearty⇄noun 1. a fellow sailor; brave and good comrade.
Ex. Monsoon, my hearty, how goes it? (Charles Leyer).
2. backslapper.