- Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
"when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"
- Morally admirable
"Her good deeds were recognized by the community"
- Having the normally expected amount
"a good mile from here"; "gives good measure";
- full
- Deserving of respect or high regard
"ruined the family's good name";
- estimable, honorable [US], respectable, admirable, honourable [Brit, Cdn]
- Agreeable or pleasing
"we all had a good time"; "good manners"
- Promoting or enhancing well-being
"the experience was good for her";
- beneficial
- Of moral excellence
"a genuinely good person";
- just, upright
- Generally admired
"good taste"
- Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
"a good mechanic";
- adept, expert, practiced [N. Amer], proficient, skillful [N. Amer], skilful [Brit, Cdn], practised [Brit, Cdn]
- Resulting favourably
"it's a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed";
- well
- Most suitable or right for a particular purpose
"a good time to plant tomatoes";
- right, ripe
- Thorough
"gave the house a good cleaning"; "had a good workout";
- proper
- In excellent physical condition
"good teeth"; "I still have one good leg";
- sound
- Tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
"a good night's sleep";
- salutary
- Appealing to the mind
"good music";
- serious
- Capable of pleasing
"good looks"
- Exerting force or influence
"a warranty good for two years";
- effective, in effect, in force
- Financially safe
"a good investment";
- dependable, safe, secure
- With or in a close or intimate relationship
"a good friend";
- dear, near
- Not forged
"a good dollar bill";
- honest
- Not left to spoil
"the meat is still good";
- unspoiled, unspoilt [Brit]
- That which is pleasing, valuable or useful
"weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization";
- goodness
- Benefit
"for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?"
- Moral excellence or admirableness
"there is much good to be found in people";
- goodness
- A raw material or product that is bought and sold commercially in large quantities
"Spices were valuable trade goods during the Age of Exploration";
- commodity, trade good
Usage: N. Amer
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
"the baby can walk pretty good";
- well
- Completely and absolutely
"we beat him good";
- thoroughly, soundly, proper
Derived forms: better, best, goods
See also: acceptable, advantageous, ample, angelic, angelical, bang-up [N. Amer, informal], beatific, best, better, bully [informal], close, complete, copious, corking [Brit, informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy [informal], decent, discriminating, echt, favorable [US], favourable [Brit, Cdn], fortunate, fresh, genuine, good enough, goodish, goody-goody [informal], great, green, groovy [informal], grouse [Austral, NZ, informal], healthful, healthy, hot [informal], instagood, intellectual, keen, lovely, magnificent, moral, neat, nice, nifty [informal], not bad [informal], not half bad [informal], obedient, old, operative, opportune, peachy, pleasing, plenteous [literary], plentiful, quality, redeeming, redemptive, reputable, respectable, rich, right, righteous, ripper [Austral, informal], sainted, saintlike, saintly, satisfactory, saving, skilled, slap-up [informal], smashing [Brit, informal], solid, sound, superb, swell [informal], virtuous, well behaved, well-behaved, white, worthy
Type of: advantage, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], morality, quality, vantage
Encyclopedia: Good, Peter