GOOD


Meaning of GOOD in English

I. adjective

1.

having a helpful or auspicious character

a good wind

Synonyms: advantageous, benefic, beneficial, brave, favorable, favoring, helpful, propitious, toward, useful

Related Word: convenient, suitable; desirable, needed; appropriate, proper, right

Contrasted words: disadvantageous, unfavorable; damaging, hampering, harmful; unwanted

Antonyms: ill

2.

adapted to the end in view

they doubted that the fruit was good to eat

Synonyms: appropriate, convenient, fit, meet, proper, suitable, useful

Related Word: all right, apt, becoming, conformable, congruous, fitting, seemly

Contrasted words: inadequate, inappropriate, undesirable, unfit, unsuitable, useless

3.

Synonyms: whole 1, flawless, intact, perfect, sound, unblemished, undamaged, unhurt, unimpaired, unmarred

Contrasted words: blemished, damaged, defective, flawed, impaired, imperfect, unsound

Antonyms: bad

4.

Synonyms: advantageous 1, gainful, lucrative, moneymaking, paying, profitable, remunerative, well-paying, worthwhile

5.

Synonyms: pleasant 1, agreeable, congenial, favorable, gratifying, nice, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, welcome

6.

Synonyms: healthful , healthy, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, wholesome

7.

Synonyms: clever 5, scintillating, smart, sprightly

8.

Synonyms: considerable 2, respectable, ||right smart, sensible, sizable, ||smart

9.

Synonyms: well-founded , cogent, just, justified, well-grounded

10.

Synonyms: decent 4, acceptable, adequate, all right, common, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable, unobjectionable

11.

conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue

if you can't be good, be careful

Synonyms: blameless, exemplary, guiltless, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, irreproachable, lily-white, pure, righteous, unblamable, virtuous

Related Word: incorrupt, sound, uncorrupted, untainted

Contrasted words: blameworthy, impure, unrighteous; evil, iniquitous, reprobate, sinful

Antonyms: bad

12.

Synonyms: charitable 1, altruistic, benevolent, eleemosynary, humane, humanitarian, philanthropic

13.

behaving in an acceptable or desirable manner

a good child

Synonyms: decorous, well-behaved

Related Word: polite, proper; considerate, kindly, thoughtful

Contrasted words: ill-behaved, indecorous, naughty; careless, heedless, inconsiderate, mischievous, thoughtless

Antonyms: bad

14.

Synonyms: skillful 2, adroit, clever, pretty, ||skilly, wicked, workmanlike, workmanly

Antonyms: bad

15.

Synonyms: able , au fait, capable, competent, proper, qualified, wicked

II. noun

1.

something that is desirable or beneficial

it's an ill wind that blows no good

Synonyms: advantage, benediction, benefit, blessing, boon, godsend

Contrasted words: bane, harm, misfortune; detriment, jinx

Antonyms: evil, ill

2.

Synonyms: right 1, straight

3.

Synonyms: welfare , advantage, benefit, interest, prosperity, well-being

4.

goods plural

Synonyms: possession 2, belongings, chattels, effects, lares and penates, movables, things

5.

goods plural

Synonyms: merchandise , commodities, line, vendible(s), wares

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