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1. | [ adjective ] having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified | |
Examples: | "good news from the hospital" "a good report card" "a good knife is one good for cutting" "a good check" "a good joke" "a good exterior paint" |
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Related terms: | bad suitable solid satisfactory bang-up good_enough redeeming goodish well-behaved hot superb well-behaved best better respectable favorable obedient quality | |
2. | [ adjective ] having the normally expected amount | |
Synonyms: | full | |
Examples: | "gives full measure" "gives good measure" "a good mile from here" |
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Related terms: | ample | |
3. | [ adjective ] morally admirable | |
Related terms: | evil angelic redemptive beneficent white worthy goody-goody worthy right moral righteous virtuous | |
4. | [ noun ] benefit | |
Examples: | "for your own good" "what's the good of worrying?" |
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Related terms: | advantage common_good | |
5. | [ adjective ] deserving of esteem and respect | |
Synonyms: | respectable honorable estimable | |
Examples: | "all respectable companies give guarantees" "ruined the family's good name" |
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Related terms: | reputable | |
6. | [ noun ] moral excellence or admirableness | |
Synonyms: | goodness | |
Examples: | : "there is much good to be found in people" |
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Related terms: | evil evil morality virtue summum_bonum beneficence virtue saintliness benignity kindness | |
7. | [ adverb ] (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard | |
Synonyms: | well | |
Examples: | "the children behaved well" "a task well done" "the party went well" "he slept well" "a well-argued thesis" "a well-planned party" |
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Related terms: | ill combining_form | |
8. | [ noun ] that which is good or valuable or useful | |
Synonyms: | goodness | |
Examples: | : "weigh the good against the bad" "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization" |
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Related terms: | bad bad quality benefit wisdom better optimum better desirability worthiness | |
9. | [ adjective ] promoting or enhancing well-being | |
Synonyms: | beneficial | |
Examples: | "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries" "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate" "the experience was good for her" |
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Related terms: | advantageous | |
10. | [ adjective ] agreeable or pleasing | |
Examples: | "we all had a good time" "good manners" |
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Related terms: | nice | |
11. | [ adjective ] superior to the average | |
Synonyms: | fine | |
Examples: | "in fine spirits" "a fine student" "made good grades" "morale was good" "had good weather for the parade" |
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Related terms: | superior | |
12. | [ adverb ] in a complete and thorough manner | |
Synonyms: | thoroughly soundly | |
Examples: | "he was soundly defeated" (`good' is used informally for `thoroughly' as in "we beat him good") |
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Related terms: | colloquialism exhaustive sound sound | |
13. | [ adjective ] of moral excellence | |
Synonyms: | virtuous upright just | |
Examples: | "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 |
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Related terms: | righteous | |
14. | [ adjective ] thorough | |
Examples: | "had a good workout" "gave the house a good cleaning" |
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Related terms: | complete | |
15. | [ adjective ] with or in a close or intimate relationship | |
Synonyms: | dear near | |
Examples: | "a good friend" "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" |
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Related terms: | close | |
16. | [ adjective ] having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | |
Synonyms: | proficient skillful expert adept practiced skilful | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | skilled | |
17. | [ adjective ] having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others | |
Synonyms: | benevolent | |
Examples: | "his benevolent smile" "a benevolent nature" |
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Related terms: | malevolent good-hearted good-hearted kind charitable beneficent benevolence | |
18. | [ adjective ] most suitable or right for a particular purpose | |
Synonyms: | ripe right | |
Examples: | "a good time to plant tomatoes" "the right time to act" "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" |
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Related terms: | opportune | |
19. | [ adjective ] exerting force or influence | |
Synonyms: | in_effect effective in_force | |
Examples: | "the law is effective immediately" "a warranty good for two years" "the law is already in effect (or in force)" |
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Related terms: | operative | |
20. | [ adjective ] financially sound | |
Synonyms: | safe secure dependable | |
Examples: | "a good investment" "a secure investment" |
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Related terms: | sound | |
21. | [ adjective ] resulting favorably | |
Synonyms: | well | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | fortunate | |
22. | [ adjective ] used of clothing | |
Synonyms: | Sunday Sunday-go-to-meeting go-to-meeting | |
Examples: | "my good clothes" "her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes" |
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Related terms: | best | |
23. | [ adjective ] appealing to the mind | |
Synonyms: | serious | |
Examples: | "good music" "a serious book" |
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Related terms: | intellectual | |
24. | [ adjective ] in excellent physical condition | |
Synonyms: | sound | |
Examples: | "good teeth" "I still have one good leg" "a sound mind in a sound body" |
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Related terms: | healthy | |
25. | [ adjective ] capable of pleasing | |
Examples: | "good looks" |
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Related terms: | pleasing | |
26. | [ adjective ] tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health | |
Synonyms: | salutary beneficial | |
Examples: | "beneficial effects of a balanced diet" "a good night's sleep" "the salutary influence of pure air" |
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Related terms: | healthful | |
27. | [ adjective ] feeling healthy and free of aches and pains | |
Examples: | "I feel good" |
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Related terms: | well | |
28. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 951 | |
29. | [ adjective ] not forged | |
Examples: | "a good dollar bill" |
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Related terms: | genuine | |
30. | [ adjective ] not left to spoil | |
Synonyms: | unspoilt unspoiled | |
Examples: | "the meat is still good" |
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Related terms: | fresh | |
31. | [ adjective ] generally admired | |
Examples: | "good taste" |
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Related terms: | discriminating | |
Similar spelling: |
Goody Goode god Goto goad Gowdy Goudy Gouda Gotto Godoy go_to go_out Goudeau gout Gott Goth goat |