welcome
welcome is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.
- noun. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news.
- noun. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library.
- noun. Salutation to a newcomer.
- noun. Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome.
- transitive verb. To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea.
- noun. a greeting or reception
"the proposal got a warm welcome"
- noun. the state of being welcome
"don't outstay your welcome"
- verb. bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- verb. receive someone, as into one's house
- verb. accept gladly
"I welcome your proposals"
- adjective. giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted
"a welcome relief"
"a welcome guest"
Synonyms
Common word forms
welcomed, welcomer, welcomes, welcomely, welcoming, welcomeless, welcomeness
Words from these letters
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