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wellbeing

wellbeing

5 3.2
A feeling of being healthy, comfortable, and happy in life
  • noun
  • /ˈwɛlˌbiɪŋ/
  • UK
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  • I care about your health, your wellbeing.
  • employee wellbeing
  • wellbeing programme
  • improve wellbeing

Examples

  • I cannot express to you enough how important it is for your personal wellbeing.

  • Regular exercise contributes greatly to one's overall wellbeing and health.

  • This is about the wellbeing of the American people.

  • Their health and wellbeing are essential to the performance of our business.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Can you give us a comment about his mental wellbeing?

  • We really care for your wellbeing.

  • More HR professionals are now engaging with their staff about mental health and wellbeing, a study has suggested.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The wellbeing strategy was launched with a wellbeing day, funded from savings in the stationery budget.

    Academic text (2015)
  • During the past decade, there has been a concerted shift of attention to workplace wellbeing strategies.

    Academic text (2015)
  • As the working population ages, long-term employee wellbeing will become a crucial component of sustainability planning for businesses.

    Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

happiness
vswellbeing
970 1.0

A feeling of pleasure and being satisfied

emphasizes broader comfort and health as well as feeling
welfare
vswellbeing
411 2.1

The health and happiness of a person or group

is the personal state of comfort, health, and happiness
well-being
vswellbeing
178 2.4

A state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy

is the unhyphenated spelling of the same concept
content
vswellbeing
108 1.0

A feeling of being happy with what you have

more broadly includes physical comfort and health beyond mere satisfaction
wellness
vswellbeing
52 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

includes comfort and happiness not only active health pursuit
contentment
vswellbeing
26 2.1

A feeling of being happy and satisfied with your life

is wider, adding physical comfort and overall health
contentedness
vswellbeing
1 4.3

A feeling of being satisfied and at ease with life

stresses comfort and health in addition to calm satisfaction

Antonyms

693 1.1

A time when a person is sick and cannot do normal things

119 3.2

A feeling of physical pain or mental unease

42 1.8

A feeling of sadness or not feeling satisfied with life

How Well

flourishing
1 4.2
wellness
52 3.2
welfare
411 2.1
wellbeing
  • UK
5 3.2
distress
240 3.6
suffering
636 2.8

Surface Forms

wellbeing singular
wellbeings plural
well-beings plural
well-being singular

Morphology

wellbeing = being (semi-transparent) = well + being

The components 'well' and 'being' are clear, but the specific meaning of 'wellbeing' as a holistic state of health and happiness is not immediately obvious from the parts. [Postprocessing: moved 'well' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word wellbeing comes from joining well ('in a good or healthy way') and being ('your state or existence'). So, wellbeing means 'the state of being well', which is why it refers to feeling comfortable, healthy, or happy.