welfare

Meaning of welfare

noun
  1. the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.
    they don't give a damn about the welfare of their families
  2. statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need.
    the protection of rights to education, housing, and welfare

Middle English: from the adverb well1 + the verb fare.

Information about welfare

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of welfare is: welfares.
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Hyphenation of welfare

wel-fare

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • welfare is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

welfare synonyms

Meaning benefit:

benefit

Meaning wellbeing:

wellbeing, upbeat, eudaimonia

Meaning the state of being free from illness or injury:

health

Meaning the state of being happy:

happiness

Meaning prosperity and the pleasant lifestyle secured by it:

comfort

Meaning the state of being free from danger or threat:

security

Meaning the condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury:

safety

Meaning the action of protecting, or the state of being protected:

protection

Meaning the state of being prosperous:

prosperity

Meaning a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something:

profit

Meaning benefit or advantage to someone or something:

good

Meaning the accomplishment of an aim or purpose:

success

Meaning chance or luck as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs:

fortune

Meaning the opportunity to gain something; benefit or profit:

advantage

Meaning the feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone:

interest

welfare antonyms

Meaning severe suffering or privation:

hardship

Translation of welfare

Words that rhyme with welfare

fare, seafare, fieldfare, woefare, effare, forthfare, nonthoroughfare, semithoroughfare, thoroughfare, throughfare, workfare, Welfare, antiwelfare, eelfare, fellfare, illfare, hamfare, Fanfare, fanfare, henfare, infare, airfare, carfare, forfare, semiwarfare, soldierfare, warfare, cyberwarfare, misfare, veltfare, feltyfare, wayfare

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