Welfare work (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society
Synonyms:
social service; welfare work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("welfare work" is a kind of...):
work (activity directed toward making or doing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "welfare work"):
social work (any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children)
casework (close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment)