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The Meaning of good
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(superl.) Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc.
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(superl.) Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions.
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(superl.) Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto.
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(superl.) Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; -- followed especially by for.
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(superl.) Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by at.
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(superl.) Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit.
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(superl.) Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.
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(superl.) Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc.
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(superl.) Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
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(superl.) Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc.
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(n.) That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil.
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(n.) Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc.
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(n.) Wares; commodities; chattels; -- formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property.
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(adv.) Well, -- especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible.
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(v. t.) To make good; to turn to good.
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(v. t.) To manure; to improve.
Synonyms
goodness
,
trade good
,
commodity
,
upright
,
dependable
,
serious
,
right
,
full
,
undecomposed
,
ripe
,
estimable
,
honorable
,
expert
,
beneficial
,
proficient
,
secure
,
in effect(p)
,
effective
,
skillful
,
well(p)
,
skilful
,
salutary
,
just
,
unspoiled
,
in force(p)
,
respectable
,
honest
,
practiced
,
adept
,
sound
,
near
,
unspoilt
,
dear
,
safe
,
wide-cut
,
entire
,
broad(a)
,
replete(p)
,
wide
,
full(a)
,
total
,
goodish
,
tidy
,
sizeable
,
healthy
,
sizable
,
ethical
,
hefty
,
goodly
,
honourable
,
computable
,
vertical
,
equitable
,
erect
,
unsloped
,
fair
,
technical
,
nice
,
practised
,
close
,
costly
,
near(a)
,
penny-pinching
,
heartfelt
,
pricy
,
earnest
,
dear(p)
,
nigh(a)
,
approximate
,
darling
,
beloved
,
skinny
,
cheeseparing
,
nigh
,
high-priced
,
pricey
,
devout
,
safe(p)
,
true(p)
,
untroubled
,
steady-going
,
inviolable
,
reliable
,
rock-steady
,
unafraid
,
unassailable
,
impregnable
,
strong
,
unattackable
,
veracious
,
correct
,
right-hand(a)
,
right(a)
,
proper
,
mature
,
ripe(p)
,
advanced
,
unplayful
,
severe
,
life-threatening
,
grievous
,
grave
,
dangerous
,
sober
,
effectual
,
wakeless
,
well-grounded
,
legal
,
heavy
,
intelligent
,
levelheaded
,
level-headed
,
profound
,
reasoned
,
uncorrupted
,
soundly
,
considerably
,
easily
,
comfortably
,
substantially
,
advantageously
,
thoroughly
,
intimately
,
well
,
exhaustively
,
candid
,
frank
,
ingenuous
,
true
,
genuine
,
trustworthy
,
sincere
,
trusty
,
faithful
,
straightforward
,
bang-up
,
bully
,
corking
,
cracking
,
dandy
,
great
,
groovy
,
keen
,
neat
,
nifty
,
not bad(predicate)
,
peachy
,
slap-up
,
swell
,
smashing
,
good enough
,
hot
,
redeeming(prenominal)
,
satisfactory
,
acceptable
,
solid
,
superb
,
well-behaved
,
well behaved
,
best
,
better
,
favorable
,
favourable
,
obedient
Antonyms
icky
,
inopportune
,
sinister
,
evil-minded
,
uncomplete
,
infernal
,
atrocious
,
inoperative
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slimy
,
mephistophelian
,
unfavourable
,
meagerly
,
scrimpy
,
wretched
,
tough
,
indiscriminating
,
pestiferous
,
unfortunate
,
ill
,
unworthy
,
awful
,
treacherous
,
untrue
,
bad
,
evil
,
badness
,
evilness
,
lying
,
traitorous
,
unscrupulous
,
disingenuous
,
fraudulent
,
mendacious
,
faithless
,
hypocritical
,
perfidious
,
unfaithful
,
dishonest
,
false
,
dreadful
,
sad
,
mediocre
,
nasty
,
despicable
,
deceitful
,
abominable
,
incomplete
,
counterfeit
,
poor
,
black
,
corky
,
nonintellectual
,
unholy
,
lousy
,
stinky
,
disreputable
,
negative
,
demonic
,
corruptive
,
pitiful
,
crappy
,
horrid
,
rubber
,
lamentable
,
no-good
,
meager
,
stinking
,
unfavorable
,
corked
,
perversive
,
ugly
,
fearful
,
deplorable
,
unrighteous
,
uncool
,
stingy
,
diabolic
,
monstrous
,
distressing
,
disadvantageous
,
meagre
,
shitty
,
hard
,
vile
,
naughty
,
devilish
,
unhealthful
,
imitative
,
rotten
,
flagitious
,
stale
,
hopeless
,
unhealthy
,
unsuitable
,
incompetent
,
severe
,
painful
,
pretty
,
unspeakable
,
terrible
,
distant
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fiendish
,
frightful
,
diabolical
,
remote
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swingeing
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displeasing
,
unsound
,
mephistophelean
,
worthless
,
hellish
,
grievous
,
dark
,
satanic
,
unskilled
,
undiscriminating
,
sorry
Homophones
goode
Rhymes
adid
,
adulthood
,
allgood
,
amid
,
babyhood
,
beechwood
,
bellwood
,
bid
,
blackwood
,
boxwood
,
boyhood
,
brentwood
,
brotherhood
,
caywood
,
childhood
,
cid
,
collingwood
,
corkwood
,
cottonwood
,
could
,
counterbid
,
cyd
,
dagwood
,
deadwood
,
devilwood
,
did
,
dogwood
,
driftwood
,
edgewood
,
elwood
,
evergood
,
eyelid
,
falsehood
,
fatherhood
,
firewood
,
fleetwood
,
forbid
,
foxwood
,
fulwood
,
garwood
,
girlhood
,
glenwood
,
goode
,
greasewood
,
greenwood
,
grid
,
hardwood
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harewood
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hartwood
,
haywood
,
hazelwood
,
heartwood
,
heywood
,
hid
,
hogwood
,
hollywood
,
homewood
,
hood
,
id
,
ihde
,
inglewood
,
ironwood
,
isherwood
,
katydid
,
kid
,
kidd
,
kidde
,
knighthood
,
kyd
,
lakewood
,
leatherwood
,
lid
,
likelihood
,
linwood
,
livelihood
,
logwood
,
madrid
,
majid
,
manhood
,
maplewood
,
mid
,
misunderstood
,
motherhood
,
nationhood
,
neighborhood
,
osgood
,
outbid
,
packwood
,
parenthood
,
plywood
,
pulpwood
,
quid
,
ravenswood
,
rebid
,
redid
,
redwood
,
rickwood
,
rid
,
ridgewood
,
rosewood
,
sainthood
,
sayed
,
scattergood
,
schmid
,
schuld
,
sherwood
,
should
,
sid
,
skid
,
slid
,
smid
,
softwood
,
squid
,
statehood
,
stidd
,
stood
,
suhud
,
syd
,
teakwood
,
tidd
,
underbid
,
understood
,
underwood
,
undid
,
wedgewood
,
wedgwood
,
wildwood
,
withstood
,
womanhood
,
wood
,
wormwood
,
would