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wellness

noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛl.nɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈwel.nɪs/
  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 L N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality or state of being in good health (sometimes emphasizing both health and safety); mental and physical soundness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • health and wellness
  • Diet and exercise are cornerstones of wellness.
  • The police conducted a wellness check.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wellbeing, well-being

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of learning about and engaging in behaviors that are likely to result in optimal health.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • She made a fortune as a wellness guru.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: health

Antonyms: illness, unwellness

Broader terms: wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia

History

Etymology

From Middle English welnes, welenes. By surface analysis, well + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa) — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Arabic: سَلامة (salāma) — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Arabic: عافِيَة (ʕāfiya) — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Arabic: عافية (3afyə) — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Esperanto: komforto — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Estonian: heaolu — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Finnish: hyvinvointi — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • French: bien-être — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • German: Wohlbefinden — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Italian: benessere — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Korean: 웰빙 (welbing) — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Malayalam: സൗഖ്യം (saukhyaṁ) — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Malayalam: ആരോഗ്യം (ārōgyaṁ) — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • O'odham: 'ap'edag — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Persian: سَلامَتی (salâmati) — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Romanian: bunăstare — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Russian: здравствование (zdravstvovanije) — The quality or state of being in good health.
  • Spanish: ben ser — The quality or state of being in good health.