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well-being

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /wɛlˈbiː.ɪŋ/
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  • rhymes with -iːɪŋ
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A state of health, happiness or prosperity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wellness, weal

Antonyms: ill-being

2

noun

Meaning 2

a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wellbeing, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia

Antonyms: ill-being

Broader terms: prosperity, successfulness

Narrower terms: fool's paradise, health, wellness

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akkadian: 𒁲 (šulmu, SILIM) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Arabic: رَفَاهِيَة (rafāhiya) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Armenian: բարօրություն (barōrutʻyun) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Asturian: bienestar — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Belarusian: дабрабы́т (dabrabýt) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Belarusian: даста́так (dastátak) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Breton: hevoud — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Bulgarian: благоде́нствие (blagodénstvie) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Bulgarian: благополу́чие (blagopolúčie) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Bulgarian: благосъстоя́ние (blagosǎstojánie) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Catalan: benestar — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Catalan: benanança — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 福利 (fúlì) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 福祉 (fúzhǐ) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Czech: blahobyt — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Danish: velbefindende — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Danish: velvære — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Dutch: welzijn — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Esperanto: bonstato bonfaro — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Finnish: hyvinvointi — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • French: bien-être — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Galician: benestar — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Georgian: კეთილდღეობა (ḳetildɣeoba) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • German: Wohlbefinden — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • German: Wohl — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Greek: ευζωία (evzoḯa) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Greek: καλοπέραση (kalopérasi) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Haitian Creole: byennèt — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Hindi: कल्याण (kalyāṇ) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Hungarian: jólét — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Indonesian: kesejahteraan — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Irish: folláine — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Italian: benessere — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Japanese: 福利 (fukuri) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Japanese: 福祉 (fukushi) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Japanese: ウェルビーイング (uerubīingu) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Korean: 복리 (bongni) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Korean: 복지 (bokji) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Korean: 웰빙 (welbing) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Latvian: labklājība — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Luxembourgish: Wuel — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Macedonian: благосостојба (blagosostojba) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Malay: kesejahteraan — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Malayalam: ക്ഷേമം (kṣēmaṁ) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Malayalam: സൗഖ്യം (saukhyaṁ) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: velferd — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: velvære — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: velferd — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: velvære — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Pannonian Rusyn: добробут (dobrobut) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Iranian Persian: بِهْبود (behbud) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Plautdietsch: Wool — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Polish: dobrobyt — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Portuguese: bem-estar — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Romanian: bunăstare — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Romanian: prosperitate — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Romanian: sănătate — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Russian: благосостоя́ние (blagosostojánije) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Russian: благополу́чие (blagopolúčije) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Russian: благоде́нствие (blagodénstvije) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Russian: доста́ток (dostátok) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Sanskrit: स्वस्ति (svasti) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Serbo-Croatian: до̏бробӣт — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȍbrobīt — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Slovak: blahobyt — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Slovene: lagodje — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Spanish: bienestar — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Swedish: välbefinnande — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Swedish: välmående — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Turkish: sağlık — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Turkish: dirlik — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Turkish: erinç — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Turkish: gönenç — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Ottoman Turkish: عمارت (ʼimaret) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Ottoman Turkish: عمران (ʼümran) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Ukrainian: благополу́ччя (blahopolúččja) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Ukrainian: добро́бут (dobróbut) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Ukrainian: доста́ток (dostátok) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
  • Ukrainian: благоде́нство (blahodénstvo) — state of health, happiness or prosperity
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