Hyphenation of welfare

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word welfare? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

wel-fare

Definitions of welfare:

1.	Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need She lives on welfare
2.	Something that aids or promotes well-being For the benefit of all
3.	A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous The town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles

Synonyms of welfare:

noun	social welfare, financial aid
noun	benefit, good, goodness
noun	wellbeing, well-being, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia, prosperity, successfulness

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.