wellness

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wellness

  • /ˈwɛl.nɪs/ US, UK
  • /ˈwel.nɪs/ Australia

Where it comes from

From Middle English welnes, welenes. By surface analysis, well + -ness.

noun wellnesses

  1. countable, uncountable The quality or state of being in good health (sometimes emphasizing both health and safety); mental and physical soundness. health and wellness

    Similar: wellbeing, well-being

  2. countable, uncountable The process of learning about and engaging in behaviors that are likely to result in optimal health. She made a fortune as a wellness guru.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: health, well-being, welfare, wellbeing, prosperity, comfort, benefit, betterment, conventional, healing, healthiness, healthfulness, swellness, healthsomeness, wholesomeness, wholth

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noun The quality or state of being in good health.

Españolben ser
한국어웰빙 welbing
Françaisbien-être
DeutschWohlbefinden, Wellness
Italianobenessere
Românăbunăstare
Русскийздравствование zdravstvovanije
العربيةصِحَّة ṣiḥḥa, سَلامة salāma, عافِيَة ʕāfiya

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"wellness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wellness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

wellness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wellness

Chicago

"wellness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wellness.

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@misc{wellness_2026,
  title = {wellness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wellness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}