welfare
[noun]
Synonyms: wellbeing, advantage, benefit, good, happiness, health, interest, prosperity

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Antonyms: illfare
Related Words: fortune, luck, success, contentment, felicity, happiness, satisfaction

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

wel‧fare S3 W2 AC /ˈwelfeə $ -fer/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: well fare 'to fare well']

1. someone’s welfare is their health and happiness:
Our only concern is the children’s welfare.

2. help that is provided for people who have personal or social problems
welfare benefits/services/programmes etc
the provision of education and welfare services
The company’s welfare officer deals with employees’ personal problems.

3. American English money that is paid by the government in the US to people who are very poor or unemployed Synonym : benefit British English
on welfare
Most of the people in this neighborhood are on welfare.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

welfare
noun
I. good health and happiness
ADJ. animal, child, community, employee, family, personal, student people concerned about child welfare
VERB + WELFARE improve, promote The government's policies will promote the welfare of all citizens.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

welfare
II. money, etc. from the government
ADJ. state
WELFARE + NOUN state the provision of services such as health through the welfare state
agency, authorities, department, programme, provision, services, system | officer, worker | clinic, facilities | benefits, payments lone parents living on welfare benefits
budget, costs, spending | cuts | fraud, scrounger The new government promised to clamp down on welfare scroungers.
PREP. on ~ the number of families on welfare

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲