well-being

well–being

noun

Definition of WELL-BEING

the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success <we're only doing this for your own well-being>

Synonyms good, interest, weal, well-being

Related Words fortune, prosperity, prosperousness, success, successfulness; fitness, health, healthiness, robustness, soundness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness; bliss, felicity, happiness, joy; advantage, benefit, gain, sake; content, contentedness, gratification, satisfaction

Near Antonyms unhealthiness, unsoundness; misery, sadness, suffering, unhappiness, wretchedness

Antonyms ill-being

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