Dictionary Entry
benefit
benefit is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
- 2noun
Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.
- 3noun
A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.
- 4noun
Beneficence; liberality.
- 5noun
Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
- 6transitive verb
To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
- 7intransitive verb
To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.
- 8noun
something that aids or promotes well-being
"for the benefit of all"
Synonyms
- 9noun
a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
- 10noun
financial assistance in time of need
- 11verb
derive a benefit from
"She profited from his vast experience"
- 12verb
be beneficial for
"This will do you good"
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