welfare

Speech parts

1. welfare - Noun

2. welfare - Verb

Meaning

Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

social welfare public assistance clover dole social security support good success help interest health weal commonweal security advantage

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Antonyms

bede depression blight aggravation suffering poverty

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Hypernyms

good aid assistance prosperity goodness financial aid

Hyponyms

dole interest health advantage relief sake

Phrases with the word

welfare services welfare aid welfare service having concern for one's own welfare economic welfare material welfare

Examples

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. Noam Chomsky

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. Edmund Burke

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. William Howard Taft

Modern economics and the welfare state borrowed heavily on the future. Gregory Benford

Gamblers do not contribute to the public welfare. Jewish Proverb

Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law. (motto of the U.S. state of Missouri). Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

wele weleful welew welfare aid welfare assistance welfare bum