weal
3 synonyms and 1 antonym for weal, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Money and possessions; riches.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
2. noun
Wellbeing and prosperity.
“It seemed so plain that if the workman had his master’s profit at heart, and the master were as anxious for the weal of his men, the interests of the two would be one.”
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English wele, from Old English wela (“wellness, welfare, prosperity, riches, well-being, wealth”), from Proto-West Germanic *welō, from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, wellness, weal”). It is cognate with German Wohl, Danish vel and Swedish väl.
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