welfare
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
she lives on welfare
Types & categories
- economic aid hypernym
- social insurance hyponym
- relief hyponym
- pogy hyponym
Sense 2 noun
something that aids or promotes well-being
for the benefit of all
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- benefit derivation
- do good derivation
- beneficial derivation
Sense 3 noun
a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles
Types & categories
- successfulness hypernym
- fool's paradise hyponym
- health hyponym
Related & opposite
- ill-being antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | economic aid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | social insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | relief |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pogy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | benefit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | do good |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beneficial |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | goodness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | advantage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sake |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | ill-being |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | successfulness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fool's paradise |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | health |