good
Adjective
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also:
- best - (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
- better - (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- favorable, favourable - encouraging or approving or pleasing
- good - morally admirable
- obedient - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
- respectable - characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals
tells us about: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someonesimilar to:- bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell - very good
- good enough - adequately good for the circumstances
- goodish - moderately good of its kind
- hot - very good; often used in the negative
- redeeming - compensating for some fault or defect
- acceptable, decent, satisfactory - meeting requirements
- solid - characterized by good substantial quality
- superb - surpassingly good
- well behaved, well-behaved - (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct
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similar to: ample - more than enough in size or scope or capacitysame as: full
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also:
- good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- moral - concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
- right - in conformance with justice or law or morality
- righteous - characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice
- virtuous - morally excellent
- worthy - having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
similar to:- angelic, angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly - marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- goody-goody - affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous
- redeeming, redemptive, saving - bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
- white - benevolent; without malicious intent
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similar to: reputable - having a good reputation
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same as: beneficial
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similar to: nice - pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
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similar to: righteous - characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice
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similar to: skilled - having or showing or requiring special skill
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similar to: complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step
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similar to: close - close in relevance or relationship
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similar to: sound - financially secure and safe
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similar to: opportune - suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
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similar to: fortunate - having unexpected good fortunesame as: well
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similar to: operative - being in force or having or exerting force
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similar to: pleasing - giving pleasure and satisfaction
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similar to: intellectual - appealing to or using the intellectsame as: serious
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similar to: healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or diseasesame as: sound
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similar to: healthful - conducive to good health of body or mindsame as: salutary
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same as: honest
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similar to: fresh - recently made, produced, or harvested
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similar to: discriminating - showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
Noun
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subtypes: common good, commonweal - the good of a community
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tells us about: good - morally admirableis a type of: morality - concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conductsubtypes:
- kindness - the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
- beneficence - the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
- benignancy, benignity, graciousness - the quality of being kind and gentle
- moral excellence, virtue, virtuousness - the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- virtue - a particular moral excellence
- saintliness - the quality of resembling a saint
- summum bonum - the supreme good in which all moral values are included or from which they are derived
same as: goodness -
is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someonesubtypes:
- worthiness - the quality or state of having merit or value
- desirability, desirableness - the quality of being worthy of desiring
- benefit, welfare - something that aids or promotes well-being
- better - something superior in quality or condition or effect
- better - the superior one of two alternatives
- optimum - most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances
- soundness, wisdom, wiseness - the quality of being prudent and sensible
same as: goodness -
subtypes:
- basic, staple - (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- consumer goods - goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption
- drygoods, soft goods - textiles or clothing and related merchandise
- entrant - a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise
- export, exportation - commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
- fancy goods - goods that are chiefly ornamental
- fungible - a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation
- future - bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
- import, importation - commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
- merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale
- middling - any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
- shopping - the commodities purchased from stores
- sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity
- worldly good, worldly possession - a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings
- salvage - property or goods saved from damage or destruction
same as: commodity, trade good
Adverb
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domain usage: combining form - a bound form used only in compoundssame as: well
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domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsame as: soundly, thoroughly
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