| Main Entry: | welfare/well-being |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | health and prosperity |
Synonyms: |
abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, easy street, euphoria, felicity, good, good fortune, happiness, interest, luck, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving |
| Main Entry: | welfare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prosperity |
Synonyms: |
abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, east street, euphoria, felicity, good, good fortune, happiness, health, interest, luck, pogey, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving, well-being |
| Main Entry: | behalf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal interest |
Synonyms: |
account, advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, cause, concern, countenance, defense, encouragement, favor, furtherance, good, help, part, place, profit, recommendation, representation, sake, service, side, stead, support, welfare |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, profit |
Synonyms: |
account, aid, asset, assistance, avail, benediction, betterment, blessing, boon, cream*, egg in one's beer, extras, favor, gain, godsend, good, gravy, help, interest, perk*, profit, prosperity, use, welfare, worth |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, handicap, harm, hindrance, hurt, loss, misfortune |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, benefit |
Synonyms: |
asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget, plum, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
benefit, gain, good, profit, prosperity, welfare, well-being |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | prosperity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affluence, good fortune |
Synonyms: |
abundance, accomplishment, advantage, arrival, bed of roses, benefit, boom, clover, do, ease*, easy street, exorbitance, expansion, flying colors, fortune, good, good times, gravy train, growth, high on the hog, increase, inflation, interest, life of luxury, luxury, opulence, plenteousness, plenty, prosperousness, riches, success, successfulness, the good life, thriving, velvet, victory, wealth, welfare, well-being |
Antonyms: |
failure, loss, poorness, poverty |
| Main Entry: | sake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, gain |
Synonyms: |
account, advantage, behalf, consideration, good, interest, profit, regard, respect, welfare, well-being |
Antonyms: |
detriment, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition or mode of being |
Synonyms: |
accompaniment, attitude, capacity, case, category, chances, character, circumstance, circumstances, contingency, element, environment, essential, estate, event, eventuality, fix, footing, form, frame of mind, humor, imperative, juncture, limitation, mood, nature, occasion, occurrence, outlook, pass, phase, plight, position, posture, predicament, prerequisite, proviso, reputation, requirement, shape, situation, spirits, stand, standing, state of affairs, station, status, stipulation, time, welfare |
| Main Entry: | public assistance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aid to needy |
Synonyms: |
aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, food stamps, government aid, meal ticket, old-age assistance, public welfare, relief, relief payments, social welfare, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments |