welfare

noun

ˈwel-ˌfer How to pronounce welfare (audio)
Definition of welfarenext
as in interest
the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success the social worker was pleased at the improvement in the child's welfare

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Recent Examples of welfare Both are facing endangering the welfare of children and drug charges. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Assembly Bill 2304, known as Gabriel’s Law, is named for 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, whose 2013 death after months of abuse drew widespread attention to failures in the child welfare system. — City News Service, Daily News, 27 Aug. 2026 The state closes 15 percent of welfare cases annually for procedural reasons. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 These spectacles drew criticism from animal welfare advocates, who sued the farm. — Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for welfare
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare
  1. interest
  2. well-being
  3. health
  4. happiness
  5. good
  6. sake
  7. weal
  8. success
Noun
  • Chinese consumer brands that went public over the past year or so initially drew strong investor interest until a string of artificial-intelligence companies made their debuts, stealing their thunder and minting new billionaires.
    — Dave Sebastian, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The question is whether this interest will be reflected in the budget request for fiscal year 2028, which is now in the initial stages of preparation.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of interest
Noun
  • Benevolence beliefs can be understood as feeling that someone has goodwill toward you and cares about your well-being.
    — John C. Besley, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Getting enough magnesium — a mineral involved in hundreds of bodily processes — can help support several aspects of health and overall well-being during this stage of life.
    — Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of well-being
Noun
  • At this point in the WSL’s existence, eight years since becoming a fully professional league, players now ageing out at the title contenders do so with all the advantages — finances, facilities, health — of only knowing full-time football.
    — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Zambia is particularly sensitive amid tensions over US health assistance and mining, while Kenya is pursuing deeper US trade and investment.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of health
Noun
  • Research has even found a positive relationship between higher income and reported happiness.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Being single again felt like a step backward, further away than ever from happiness.
    — Andrea Javor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of happiness
Noun
  • In her detective series, under the pen name Amanda Cross, an English professor solves murders whose motives include bad psychoanalysis, student riots, and biographers who know too much for their own good.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Impactful as his collections were, Ackermann was arguably not the right fit for a brand whose primary business came from accessories and leather goods.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of good
Noun
  • In other words, this season is less about going darker for the sake of going darker and more about turning up the warmth.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Rather than publishing for the sake of staying visible, professionals begin publishing to reduce uncertainty.
    — Matteo Pittaluga, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of sake
Noun
  • But as Telemundo’s Andres Cantor notes, there is little reason to believe Messi’s aversion is anything other than a genuine personality quirk, and one that likely blunts his own total earnings and weal.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 12 May 2026
  • Today’s Rwanda is based on the deceptively simple premise that common work makes common weal.
    — Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
Definition of weal
Noun
  • Crowds boomed along with that success, increasing the exposure and scrutiny.
    — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Somers Superintendent Sam Galloway, whose district has surpassed its pre-COVID test scores, attributed the success in part to the district limiting screen time for students.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of success

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“Welfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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