Welcome
Meaning of Welcome
noun
- an instance or manner of greeting someone.
you will receive a warm welcome
he went to meet them with his hand stretched out in welcome
- used to greet someone in a polite or friendly way.
welcome to the Wildlife Park
- greet (someone arriving) in a polite or friendly way.
hotels should welcome guests in their own language
- (of a guest or new arrival) gladly received.
I'm pleased to see you, lad—you're welcome
- very pleasing because much needed or desired.
after your walk, the tea room serves a welcome cuppa
the news will be most welcome to those whose jobs will now be safeguarded
- allowed or invited to do a specified thing.
we arrange a framework of activities which you are welcome to join
Old English wilcuma ‘a person whose coming is pleasing’, wilcumian (verb), from wil- ‘desire, pleasure’ + cuman ‘come’. The first element was later changed to wel- ‘well’, influenced by Old French bien venu or Old Norse velkominn .
Information about Welcome
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Hyphenation of Welcome
Wel-come
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- Welcome is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Welcome synonyms
Meaning receive:
Meaning a polite word or sign of welcome or recognition:
Meaning a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgement of another's arrival or departure:
Meaning pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds:
Meaning behaving in a polite or friendly way to a guest or new arrival:
Meaning the formal or ceremonious welcoming of a guest:
Meaning the process or fact of being received as adequate, valid, or suitable:
Meaning the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers:
Meaning give a polite word of recognition or sign of welcome when meeting (someone):
Meaning greet:
Meaning arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone):
Meaning accept (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically:
Meaning have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for:
Meaning recognize the full worth of:
Meaning liked or admired by many people or by a particular person or group:
Meaning wished for as being an attractive, useful, or necessary course of action:
Meaning pleasing; welcome:
Meaning generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct:
Meaning satisfying or appealing:
Meaning quite enjoyable and pleasurable; pleasant:
Meaning giving someone support or confidence; supportive:
Meaning giving pleasure or satisfaction:
Meaning increasing cheerfulness or confidence; encouraging:
Meaning showing signs of future success:
Meaning welcome or stimulating because new or different:
Meaning giving or indicating a good chance of success; favourable:
Meaning shouting for joy or in praise or encouragement:
Meaning giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment:
Welcome antonyms
Meaning an act of parting or of marking someone's departure:
Meaning an abrupt or ungracious rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture:
Meaning persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution:
Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:
Meaning (of a guest or new arrival) not gladly received:
Meaning causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable:
Meaning failing to fulfil someone's hopes or expectations:
Words that rhyme with Welcome
COMe, come, become, disbecome, fiddlecome, forecome, homecome, meddlecome, misbecome, rebecome, unbecome, offcome, forthcome, throughcome, amphicome, Wellcome, bewelcome, nonwelcome, prewelcome, rewelcome, unwelcome, welcome, Francome, ancome, downcome, gaincome, grincome, income, noncome, oncome, prancome, uncome, Lophocome, abrocome, leiocome, opisthocome, tocome, upcome, aftercome, intercome, overcome, owercome, unovercome, outcome, newcome, Brachycome, brachycome
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