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Defenition of the word good

    • Defenition of the word good

      • In the interest of a positive purpose.
      • Kind and willing.
      • Having desired or positive qualities.
      • The nutritional, healthy part of something.
      • Of moral excellence.
      • In a thorough or complete manner.
      • The abstract instantiation of something qualified by the adjective 'good'.
      • An article of commerce.
      • A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
      • The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil.
      • having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
      • promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her"
      • tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"
      • having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others; "his benevolent smile"; "a benevolent nature"
      • with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear"
      • financially sound; "a good investment"; "a secure investment"
      • exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)"
      • deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name"
      • superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "a fine summer day"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
      • having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"
      • thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning"
      • generally admired; "good taste"
      • not forged; "a good dollar bill"
      • 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
      • agreeable or pleasing; "we all had a good time"; "good manners"
      • capable of pleasing; "good looks"
      • feeling healthy and free of aches and pains; "I feel good"
      • benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?"
      • used of clothing; "my good clothes"; "her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes"
      • moral excellence or admirableness: "there is much good to be found in people"
      • that which is good or valuable or useful: "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
      • of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass
      • most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
      • appealing to the mind; "good music"; "a serious book"
      • in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body"
      • not left to spoil; "the meat is still good"
      • resulting favorably; "its a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well"
      • in a complete and thorough manner; "he was soundly defeated"; (`good' is used informally for `thoroughly' as in "we beat him good")
      • (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard; "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-planned party"; (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well' as in "the baby can walk pretty good")
      • moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people"
      • that which is good or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
      • benefit; "for your own good"; "what''s the good of worrying?"
      • resulting favorably; "its a good thing that I wasn''t there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all''s well that ends well"
      • 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 p
      • tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night''s sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"
      • deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family''s good name"
      • having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved b
      • superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
      • (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 children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-ar
      • in a complete and thorough manner (`good'' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly''); "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good"
      • articles of commerce
      • moral excellence or admirableness
      • that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
      • benefit
      • promoting or enhancing well-being
      • having the normally expected amount
      • with or in a close or intimate relationship
      • thorough
      • generally admired
      • exerting force or influence
      • resulting favorably
      • not left to spoil
      • not forged
      • having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
      • tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
      • in excellent physical condition
      • appealing to the mind
      • agreeable or pleasing
      • most suitable or right for a particular purpose
      • capable of pleasing
      • deserving of esteem and respect
      • of moral excellence
      • having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
      • financially sound
      • (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')
      • completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')

    Synonyms for the word good

      • able
      • accomplished
      • adept
      • advantage
      • advantageous
      • agreeable
      • beneficial
      • benefit
      • benevolent
      • blameless
      • capable
      • clear
      • clever
      • competent
      • dear
      • decent
      • delightful
      • dependable
      • effective
      • enjoyable
      • estimable
      • excellent
      • expert
      • fair
      • fine
      • first-class
      • first-rate
      • full
      • gain
      • go-to-meeting
      • good quality
      • goodness
      • help
      • helpful
      • high-quality
      • honorable
      • in effect
      • in force
      • just
      • lovely
      • mild
      • moral
      • near
      • nice
      • noble
      • obedient
      • pleasant
      • polite
      • practiced
      • proficient
      • profit
      • reliable
      • respectable
      • right
      • ripe
      • safe
      • salutary
      • satisfactory
      • secure
      • serious
      • skilful
      • skilled
      • skillful
      • sound
      • soundly
      • Sunday
      • Sunday-go-to-meeting
      • sunny
      • superior
      • talented
      • thoroughly
      • trustworthy
      • unspoiled
      • unspoilt
      • upright
      • useful
      • usefulness
      • virtuous
      • well
      • well brought-up
      • well-behaved
      • well-mannered
      • worthy

    Similar words in the good

      • acceptable
      • advantageous
      • ample
      • angelic
      • angelical
      • bang-up
      • beatific
      • beneficent
      • benevolent
      • best
      • better
      • bully
      • charitable
      • close
      • complete
      • cool
      • corking
      • cracking
      • dandy
      • discriminating
      • echt
      • favorable
      • favourable
      • fortunate
      • fresh
      • genuine
      • good
      • good enough
      • good-hearted
      • good's
      • goodbyes
      • goodish
      • goodlier
      • goodliest
      • goodly
      • goodman
      • goodman's
      • goodnight
      • goodrich
      • goodrich's
      • goods
      • goodwill
      • goodwill's
      • goodwin
      • goodwin's
      • goody-goody
      • goodyear
      • goodyear's
      • gracious
      • great
      • groovy
      • healthful
      • healthy
      • hot
      • intellectual
      • keen
      • kind
      • kindly
      • moral
      • neat
      • nice
      • nifty
      • not bad
      • not bad(p)
      • obedient
      • openhearted
      • operative
      • opportune
      • peachy
      • pleasing
      • redeeming
      • redeeming(a)
      • redemptive
      • reputable
      • respectable
      • right
      • righteous
      • sainted
      • saintlike
      • saintly
      • satisfactory
      • saving
      • saving(a)
      • skilled
      • slap-up
      • smashing
      • solid
      • sound
      • suitable
      • superb
      • superior
      • swell
      • virtuous
      • well
      • well behaved
      • well-behaved
      • white
      • worthy

    Hyponyms for the word good

      • basic
      • beneficence
      • benefit
      • benignancy
      • benignity
      • better
      • common good
      • commonweal
      • consumer goods
      • desirability
      • desirableness
      • drygoods
      • entrant
      • export
      • exportation
      • fancy goods
      • fungible
      • future
      • graciousness
      • import
      • importation
      • kindness
      • merchandise
      • middling
      • moral excellence
      • optimum
      • product
      • saintliness
      • salvage
      • shopping
      • soft goods
      • soundness
      • sporting goods
      • staple
      • summum bonum
      • virtue
      • virtuousness
      • ware
      • welfare
      • wisdom
      • wiseness
      • worldly good
      • worldly possession
      • worthiness

    Hypernyms for the word good

      • advantage
      • artefact
      • artifact
      • morality
      • quality
      • vantage

    Antonyms for the word good

      • bad
      • badly
      • badness
      • evil
      • evilness
      • ill
      • malevolent
      • malicious
      • poorly
      • wicked

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