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Synonyms for welfare

  • noun

Most common

happiness prosperity eudaimonia social security public assistance benefit charity

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Prosperity — health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect

well-being, prosperity, happiness, eudaimonia, good, eudaemonia rare UK, eudemonia US

2. Public assistance — shortened form of "welfare spending", "welfare payments", or "welfare assistance"

public assistance, social security, social welfare, income support UK

3. Benefit

benefit, profit, advantage

Other

charity, success, luck, wale, woefare rare

Antonyms

illfare

All antonyms of welfare →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.

  2. n. 2

    Shortened form of "welfare spending", "welfare payments", or "welfare assistance".

Related words

Phrases
social welfare welfare bum welfare check welfare parasite welfare trap welfare assistance

Forms

Plural
welfares → well-beings, prosperities, happinesses, goods…

Example sentences

  • happiness To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.
  • prosperity Prosperity is not expected for the next two years.
  • eudaimonia Aristotle considered eudaimonia to be the highest human good.
  • benefit Advances in science don't always benefit humanity.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
welfarefalling
happinessrising
prosperitysteady
eudaimoniarising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
good1, luck1, wale1
6 letters
profit2
7 letters
success2, benefit3, charity3, woefare
9 letters
advantage3, happiness3, eudemonia
10 letters
prosperity4, eudaimonia, eudaemonia

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (profit2 = 2 syllables).