welfare
welfare is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness. How to study for the people's welfare. Shak. In whose deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come. Emerson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- applicant
- aspirant
- bagman
- beggar
- bidder
- bum
- cadger
- candidate
- canvasser
- case
- child
- claimant
- client
- competitor
- core
- flower
- hard
- hobo
- homeless
- hotel
- hunter
- knight
- mendicant
- mumper
- pauper
- person
- petitioner
- place
- poor
- postulant
- pot
- poverty
- prizer
- road
- runner
- salesman
- seeker
- solicitor
- sponger
- steerer
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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