wellness
- noun
- /ˈwɛlnəs/
- Four sections of the wellness course were offered during the fall semester.
- health and wellness
- wellness program
- wellness and fitness
You should have a Wellness weekend with your girlfriends.
- You should have a Wellness weekend with your girlfriends.
- We can help people engage in Wellness across their life spans.
- Let's face it, things like mindfulness, these are Wellness buzzwords.
- And I'm saying they are in charge of my internal Wellness, right.
- And it does relate to mental Wellness in a workplace.
- In fact, it'll be focused on Wellness rather than in other words, prevention.
- He cares, he's smart and I think he wants Wellness for people.
- I think in in the Wellness and food world, that's fear.
- I started a line of supplements and Wellness that I launched with Walmart.
- And then you're Wellness is secondary to that.
- But it's also about Wellness because we, we have a problem, right?
Examples
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Navajo people's spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical wellness is dependent on all people of society, not just a few.
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The wellness program at the community center offers classes on nutrition and stress management.
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I actually am building a Wellness kind of room at my house.
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But it's also about Wellness because we, we have a problem, right?
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I help assist people through health and Wellness changes and it's been amazing.
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The benefits of wellness programs and their subsequent need are now well established.
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We can help people engage in Wellness across their life spans.
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Yeah, I'm a wellness practitioner in the healing arts.
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The National Wellness Association's listing of wellness positions indicates a growing need for health promotion specialists.
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She practices yoga and meditation as part of her daily wellness routine.
Synonyms
The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury
The health and happiness of a person or group
A state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy
Being well in body and mind and free from illness
A feeling of being healthy, comfortable, and happy in life
Being well in body and mind
A feeling of good physical health and energy
Antonyms
How Healthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
wellness = (transparent) = well + ness
The word 'wellness' is transparently derived from 'well' with the addition of the suffix '-ness', indicating a state or quality. [Postprocessing: moved 'well' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Wellness comes from the everyday word well ('in good health') plus the ending -ness that turns a quality into a 'state'. So, wellness is the state of being healthy and actively caring for your body and mind.