SOCIAL SERVICE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("social service" is a kind of...):

work (activity directed toward making or doing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social service"):

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)