well-being
/wɛlˈbiː.ɪŋ/
well-being noun: a state of health, happiness or prosperity.
Noun
well-being (usually uncountable, plural well-beings)
- A state of health, happiness or prosperity.
- which concernes our whole three Kingdomes, Parliaments, Religion, and every one of our well-beings, in this preſent world1643, William Prynne, The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes, Divided Into Fovre Parts Together with an Appendix, Part 1
- Other pursuits and avocations of life, far less intimately connected with the comfort and well-beings of humanity, seem by their own spontaniety to be more and more flowing into utilitarian channels.1864, J. Taft, “The Demands of the Age Upon Our Profession”, in The Dental Register of the West, volume 8, number 9, page 381
- Antonyms:
- ill-being
well-being meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
well-being in Hindi
- state of health, happiness or prosperity
- कल्याण kalyāṇ
well-being in Tamil
- நலன்
well-being in Marathi
- well-being, welfare
- खुशाली khuśālī
well-being in Urdu
- well-being, health
- خیر xair
More languagesFewer languages
- well-being in Malayalam
- ക്ഷേമം kṣēmaṁ, സൗഖ്യം saukhyaṁ
- well-being in Kannada
- ಪದುಳಿಕೆ, ಪದುಳ, ಪದಿಲ, ಹದುಳ
- well-being in Punjabi
- ਖੈਰ khair, ਸਲਾਮਤੀ salāmtī
- well-being in Sanskrit
- स्वस्ति svasti
- well-being in Arabic
- رَفَاهِيَة rafāhiya
- well-being in Malay
- kesejahteraan
- well-being in Indonesian
- kesejahteraan
Synonyms of well-being
Antonyms
Forms of well-being
| plural | well-beings |
|---|---|
| alternative form | wellbeing |
| alternative form | well being |
Words that rhyme with well-being
Questions about well-being
- What does well-being mean?
- Well-being means a state of health, happiness or prosperity.
- What is well-being in Hindi?
- Well-being in Hindi is कल्याण (kalyāṇ). See Well-being meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is well-being?
- Well-being is a noun.
- How do you pronounce well-being?
- Well-being is pronounced /wɛlˈbiː.ɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of well-being?
- The plural of well-being is well-beings.
Words near well-being in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: well-being (page history and authors); well-being (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खुशाली (Marathi) (page history and authors); خیر (Urdu) (page history and authors); well-being (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖੈਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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