Synonyms for welfare
ˈwɛlˌfɛərwel·fare

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1. welfarenoun

   Antonyms:
   wofare

2. welfarenoun

   Antonyms:
   wofare

3. welfarenoun

   Antonyms:
   wofare

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1. welfare

   Synonyms:
   well-being, weal, success, good fortune, prosperity, happiness, luck, thrift

   Antonyms:
   adversity, reverse, unsuccess, unprosperousness, unhappiness, ill luck, harm, hurt

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1. social welfare, welfare, public assistancenoun

   governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need

   "she lives on welfare"

   Synonyms:
   eudaemonia, social welfare, public assistance, well-being, wellbeing, eudaimonia, upbeat, benefit

2. benefit, welfarenoun

   something that aids or promotes well-being

   "for the benefit of all"

   Synonyms:
   eudaemonia, social welfare, public assistance, well-being, wellbeing, eudaimonia, upbeat, benefit

3. wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonianoun

   a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

   "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles"

   Synonyms:
   eudaemonia, social welfare, public assistance, well-being, offbeat, wellbeing, eudaimonia, upbeat, benefit

Matched Categories

1. • Aid
   • Good
   • Prosperity

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1. welfarenoun

   Synonyms:
   prosperity, happiness, success, weal, well-being, advantage, benefit, profit

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1. welfarenoun

   Synonyms:
   prosperity, happiness, weal, success, well-being

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1. List of paraphrases for "welfare":

   well-being, wellbeing, prosperity, protection, providence, wellness, benefits, care, bienestar, bien-être, wealth, assistance, social, benefit, well-

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1. Jay Clark on Wednesday:

   They made themselves very much a part of the environment. They were drawing attention away from what was going on on the floor, so it was a little bit disconcerting, I think, the level of intensity that went with it. There was a mob-like kind of feel out there, and that was disconcerting to me as someone who takes the responsibility for the welfare of our kids.

2. Diego Rosselli:

   I frankly don't think it's convenient to keep the lockdowns anymore anyway, people are hardly following social distancing and you can not underestimate the cost of the lockdowns : not just the economic cost, but also the increased inequality and the welfare cost which is disproportionally affecting the worse-offs. People can hold on to these rules just so much.

3. Daphne Sheldrick:

   Something needs to be done on the other end, there's no welfare in Africa -- there's poverty and unemployment, [so] as long as a man can get money from killing an elephant, he will.

4. Richard Dawkins:

   Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense.

5. Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski:

   We're aware that the British welfare system is very elaborate and that it may not be able to bear it. We are therefore addressing this by increasing our benefits, and we also want to raise salaries in Poland.