Definition of well-being
:the state of being happy, healthy, or prosperous :welfare
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good, interest, weal, well-beingAntonyms
ill-beingRelated 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, satisfactionNear Antonyms
unhealthiness, unsoundness; misery, sadness, suffering, unhappiness, wretchednessWELL-BEING Defined for English Language Learners
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: the state of being happy, healthy, or successful
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