Word Meanings - WELL-BEING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of WELL-BEING)
- Prosperity
- Success
- weal
- welfare
- good fortune
- well-being
- good luck
- Welfare
- Well-being
- success
- prosperity
- happiness
- luck
- thrift
Related words: (words related to WELL-BEING)
- THRIFTINESS
The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift. - SUCCESS
1. Act of succeeding; succession. Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort. - PROSPERITY
The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity. Now prosperity - SUCCESSLESS
Having no success. Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. -- Suc*cess"less*ly, adv. -- Suc*cess"less*ness, n. - THRIFTILY
1. In a thrifty manner. 2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret . Chaucer. - FORTUNELESS
Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. Spenser. - SUCCESSION
1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to - SUCCESSIVELY
In a successive manner. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Sir I. Newton. - THRIFTLESS
Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. -- Thrift"less*ly, adv. -- Thrift"less*ness, n. - SUCCESSFUL
Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. Welcome, - SUCCESSIONIST
A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially , one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid. - SUCCESSIVE
1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes - THRIFT
One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. Common thrift , Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink. Syn. -- Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit. (more info) 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; - WELL-BEING
The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society. - WELFARE
Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness. How to study for the people's welfare. Shak. In whose deep eyes Men read the welfare of - SUCCESSARY
Succession. My peculiar honors, not derived From successary, but purchased with my blood. Beau. & Fl. - SUCCESSOR
One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Chaucer. A gift to a corporation, either of lands - SUCCESSIVENESS
The quality or state of being successive. - SUCCESSIONAL
Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive. "Successional teeth." Flower. -- Suc*ces"sion*al*ly, adv. - HAPPINESS
1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak. 2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that - UNTHRIFTY
Not thrifty; profuse. Spenser. - MISFORTUNED
Unfortunate. - WASTETHRIFT
A spendthrift. - SPENDTHRIFT
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis. - SPENDTHRIFTY
Spendthrift; prodigal. - UNSUCCESSFUL
Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ness, n. - UNTHRIFT
1. Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality. 2. An unthrifty. Dryden. - INSUCCESS
Want of success. Feltham. - WHEEL OF FORTUNE
A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or sums to which certain marks on its circumference point when it stops being distributed according to varying rules. - BEFORTUNE
To befall. I wish all good befortune you. Shak.