good
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"

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"

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?"

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"

Related terms: reputable
6. [ noun ] moral excellence or admirableness
Synonyms: goodness
Examples:

: "there is much good to be found in people"

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"

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"

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"

Related terms: advantageous
10. [ adjective ] agreeable or pleasing
Examples:

"we all had a good time" "good manners"

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"

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")

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

Related terms: righteous
14. [ adjective ] thorough
Examples:

"had a good workout" "gave the house a good cleaning"

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"

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"

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"

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"

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)"

Related terms: operative
20. [ adjective ] financially sound
Synonyms: safe secure dependable
Examples:

"a good investment" "a secure investment"

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"

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"

Related terms: best
23. [ adjective ] appealing to the mind
Synonyms: serious
Examples:

"good music" "a serious book"

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"

Related terms: healthy
25. [ adjective ] capable of pleasing
Examples:

"good looks"

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"

Related terms: healthful
27. [ adjective ] feeling healthy and free of aches and pains
Examples:

"I feel good"

Related terms: well
28. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 951
29. [ adjective ] not forged
Examples:

"a good dollar bill"

Related terms: genuine
30. [ adjective ] not left to spoil
Synonyms: unspoilt unspoiled
Examples:

"the meat is still good"

Related terms: fresh
31. [ adjective ] generally admired
Examples:

"good taste"

Related terms: discriminating
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