good
Meanings
Plural: goods
Noun
- benefit
- "for your own good"
- "what's the good of worrying?"
- moral excellence or admirableness
- "there is much good to be found in people"
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- "weigh the good against the bad"
- "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
- articles of commerce
- The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
- The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
- An item of merchandise.
Adjective
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- "good news from the hospital"
- "a good report card"
- "when she was good she was very very good"
- "a good knife is one good for cutting"
- "this stump will make a good picnic table"
- "a good check"
- "a good joke"
- "a good exterior paint"
- "a good secretary"
- "a good dress for the office"
- morally admirable
Adjective Satellite
- having the normally expected amount
- "gives good measure"
- "a good mile from here"
- deserving of esteem and respect
- "ruined the family's good name"
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- "the experience was good for her"
- agreeable or pleasing
- "we all had a good time"
- "good manners"
- of moral excellence
- "a genuinely good person"
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- "a good mechanic"
- thorough
- "had a good workout"
- "gave the house a good cleaning"
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- "a good friend"
- financially sound
- "a good investment"
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- "a good time to plant tomatoes"
- resulting favorably
- "it's a good thing that I wasn't there"
- "it is good that you stayed"
- exerting force or influence
- "a warranty good for two years"
- capable of pleasing
- "good looks"
- appealing to the mind
- "good music"
- in excellent physical condition
- "good teeth"
- "I still have one good leg"
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- "a good night's sleep"
- not forged
- "a good dollar bill"
- not left to spoil
- "the meat is still good"
- generally admired
- "good taste"
Adverb
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
- "the baby can walk pretty good"
- completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
- "we beat him good"
Adj
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- Competent or talented.
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- Accepting of, OK with
- Of high rank or birth.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- Effective.
- Real; actual; serious.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Right, proper, as it should be.
- Healthful.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Favorable.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- Very, extremely. See good and.
- Ready.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- Reasonable in amount.
- Large in amount or size.
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
- Special, best, favorite.
- Of a black person, dead or killed.
Intj
- That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
Adv
- Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
Verb
- To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- To make good; turn to good; improve.
- To make improvements or repairs.
- To benefit; gain.
- To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
- To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit, fit”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian goud (“good”), West Frisian goed (“good”), Dutch goed (“good”), German Low German good, goot (“good”), German gut (“good”), Danish god (“good”), Swedish god (“good”), Icelandic góður (“good”), Russian го́дный (gódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”) and Lithuanian guõdas (“virtue, honor”).
Related to gather and together, but not to god/God.
Eclipsed non-native Middle English bon, bone, boon, boun (“good”) borrowed from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”).
Synonyms
acceptable, accomplished, adept, agreeable, all right, as fine as Dick's hatband, awesome, bene, beneficial, bodacious, bona, commendable, commodity, dandy as candy, dear, decent, dependable, effective, enjoyable, estimable, excellent, exceptional, expert, fantastic, fine, full, goloptious, good as wheat in the bin, goodness, gratifying, great, honest, honorable, in effect, in force, just, magnificent, marvelous, near, nice, not bad, outstanding, perfect, phenomenal, pleasant, pleasing, positive, practiced, proficient, rad, radical, respectable, right, right as rain, ripe, safe, salutary, satisfactory, satisfying, secure, serious, skilful, skillful, sound, soundly, splendid, stellar, stupendous, super, superb, sweet as a nut, terrific, thoroughly, trade good, tubular, undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt, upright, well, wonderful, wondrous
Antonyms
awful, bad, badness, detestable, disagreeable, dreadful, evil, evilness, ill, poor, unsatisfactory
Scrabble Score: 6
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