welfare

Main Entry:
welfare [wel-fair]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prosperity
Synonyms: abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, east street, euphoria, felicity, good, good fortune, happiness, health, interest, luck, pogey, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving, well-being
Main Entry: behalf
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: personal interest
Synonyms: account, advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, cause, concern, countenance, defense, encouragement, favor, furtherance, good, help, part, place, profit, recommendation, representation, sake, service, side, stead, support, welfare
Main Entry: benefit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: advantage, profit
Synonyms: account, aid, asset, assistance, avail, benediction, betterment, blessing, boon, cream*, egg in one's beer, extras, favor, gain, godsend, good, gravy, help, interest, perk*, profit, prosperity, use, welfare, worth
Antonyms: disadvantage, handicap, harm, hindrance, hurt, loss, misfortune
Main Entry: good
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: advantage, benefit
Synonyms: asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget, plum, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall
Notes: using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well"
well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state
Antonyms: disadvantage
Main Entry: interest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: advantage
Synonyms: benefit, gain, good, profit, prosperity, welfare, well-being
Antonyms: disadvantage
Main Entry: prosperity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: affluence, good fortune
Synonyms: abundance, accomplishment, advantage, arrival, bed of roses, benefit, boom, clover, do, ease*, easy street, exorbitance, expansion, flying colors, fortune, good, good times, gravy train, growth, high on the hog, increase, inflation, interest, life of luxury, luxury, opulence, plenteousness, plenty, prosperousness, riches, success, successfulness, the good life, thriving, velvet, victory, wealth, welfare, well-being
Antonyms: failure, loss, poorness, poverty
Main Entry: sake
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: benefit, gain
Synonyms: account, advantage, behalf, consideration, good, interest, profit, regard, respect, welfare, well-being
Antonyms: detriment, disadvantage
Main Entry: state
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: condition or mode of being
Synonyms: accompaniment, attitude, capacity, case, category, chances, character, circumstance, circumstances, contingency, element, environment, essential, estate, event, eventuality, fix, footing, form, frame of mind, humor, imperative, juncture, limitation, mood, nature, occasion, occurrence, outlook, pass, phase, plight, position, posture, predicament, prerequisite, proviso, reputation, requirement, shape, situation, spirits, stand, standing, state of affairs, station, status, stipulation, time, welfare
Main Entry: public assistance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: aid to needy
Synonyms: aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, food stamps, government aid, meal ticket, old-age assistance, public welfare, relief, relief payments, social welfare, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments
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