Well

Adverb

 * 1)  Accurately, competently.
 * He does his job well.
 * 1)  Completely, fully.
 * A well done steak.
 * 1)  To a significant degree.
 * That author is well known.
 * 1)  Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
 * 2) * 1999, "Drummond Pearson", What Ash are doing right now... (on Internet newsgroup alt.music.ash)
 * That guy rocks! I think he's called Matthew Lillard or sommat but he is well cool in Scream.
 * 1) * 2002, "jibaili", FIFA 2003 How is it? (on Internet newsgroup microsoft.public.xbox)
 * Hey Dude / FIFA 2003 is well wicked, I've got FIFA 2002 on PS2, David Beckham on Xbox and Football Manager on Xbox too, out of all pf [sic] them FIFA 2003 is easliy [sic] the best..
 * 1) * 2003, Steve Eddy, Empower, Book 2
 * Hey, you should've seen it, it was well good.
 * 1) * 2002, "jibaili", FIFA 2003 How is it? (on Internet newsgroup microsoft.public.xbox)
 * Hey Dude / FIFA 2003 is well wicked, I've got FIFA 2002 on PS2, David Beckham on Xbox and Football Manager on Xbox too, out of all pf [sic] them FIFA 2003 is easliy [sic] the best..
 * 1) * 2003, Steve Eddy, Empower, Book 2
 * Hey, you should've seen it, it was well good.

Derived terms

 * all too well
 * as well
 * do well by doing good
 * full well
 * fully well


 * just as well
 * pretty well
 * well and truly
 * well-behaved
 * well-known


 * well-mannered
 * well-padded
 * well-read

Adjective

 * 1) In good health.
 * I had been sick, but now I'm well.
 * 1)  Prudent; good; well-advised.
 * 2) * 1897, National Association of Railway Surgeons, Railway surgeon, page 191:
 * On leaving the operating table it is well to put the patient in a bed previously warmed and supplied with hot cans.

Derived terms

 * full well
 * get well
 * oh, well
 * well-being

Interjection

 * 1)  Used to acknowledge a statement or situation (short form for "that is well").
 * A: The car is broken.
 * B: Well, we could walk to the movies instead.
 * A: I didn't like the music.
 * B: Well, I thought it was good.
 * A: (Accidentally sets tent on fire).
 * B: Well, I guess we're sleeping under the stars tonight.
 * 1)  An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled.
 * Well, well, well, what do we have here?
 * 1)  Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause.
 * It was a bit...well...too loud.

Derived terms

 * well, well

Noun

 * 1) A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
 * 2) A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally, a spring.
 * 3) A small depression suitable for holding liquid, or other objects.
 * 4)  A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
 * 5)  The cockpit of a sailboat.
 * 6) A well drink.
 * They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
 * 1) The playfield of the video game Tetris.

Derived terms

 * ink well
 * light well
 * oil well
 * spare tire well, spare tyre well
 * window well
 * wishing well

Verb

 * 1) To seep out of the surface.
 * Blood welled from the wound.
 * 1) To have something seep out of the surface.
 * Her eyes welled with tears.

Adjectives for Well
deep; calm; handsome; stone; decorated; poisoned; projected; fathomable; crystal; transparent; mossy; extreme; babbling; connected; polluted; harmonious; bubbling.

Verbs for Well
bare—; case—; contaminate—; drain—; drill—; emanate from—; excavate—; issue from—; line—; pollute—; probe—; pump from—; sink—; sound—; submerge in—; tap—; test—; —affords; —bubbles; —facilitates; —offers; —overflows; —springs up; —yields.

Adverbs for Well
gloriously; splendidly; magnificently; wholly; gaily; entirely; seldom; recently; finally; radiantly; miraculously; happily; fortunately; luckily; naturally; surprisingly; extremely; incomparably; sturdily; rosily.

Thesaurus
ably, abysm, abyss, acceptably, adeptly, adequately, adroitly, agilely, all right, all the way, altogether, amply, appropriately, approvingly, aptly, aright, artfully, artificial lake, artistically, baths, bayou lake, becomingly, benignantly, benignly, beyond all expectation, blow out, bonanza, brilliantly, bunkum, capably, capitally, cascade, cataract, cavity, certainly, chasm, cistern, clear, cleverly, comfortable, comfortably, competently, completely, conceivably, concernedly, considerably, considerately, cornucopia, correctly, crater, crevasse, cunningly, dam, dead water, decently, decorously, deep, deftly, deluge, depth, dexterously, dextrously, dig, diggings, dike, doing nicely, doubtlessly, drain, drain out, easily, easy, effectively, effectually, efficiently, effortlessly, empty, engulf, entirely, etang, excavation, excellently, exhaust, expertly, facilely, famously, far, farm pond, favorably, featly, find vent, fine, finely, fishpond, fit, fitly, fittingly, flood, flow, flow out, font, fortunate, fortunately, fount, fountain, fountainhead, freely, freshwater lake, fully, generously, glacial lake, gold mine, good, gulf, gush, gush out, hale, handily, happily, happy, headspring, headstream, headwater, heedfully, hole, hollow, humanely, humanly, inception, indeed, ingeniously, inland sea, interestedly, inundate, jet, justly, kindheartedly, kindly, lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, lightly, likely, linn, loch, lode, lough, mainspring, masterfully, mere, millpond, millpool, mine, neatly, nicely, nimbly, nyanza, obviously, origin, outflow, outpour, overbrim, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, oxbow lake, passably, perfectly, perhaps, pit, plash, play, pleasantly, plumb, pond, pondlet, pool, possibly, pour, pour out, pour over, probably, proficiently, properly, prosperously, provenance, provenience, providential, puddle, quarry, quite, rather, readily, really, reservoir, resource, resourcefully, right, rightly, riverhead, root, roundly, royally, run out, run over, salina, salt pond, sane, satisfactorily, satisfyingly, shaft, significantly, skillfully, slam, slop, slosh, sluice out, smoothly, snug, softheartedly, somewhat, sound, source, source of supply, spa, spew, spew out, spill, spill out, spill over, spit, splendidly, spout, spout out, spray, spring, springhead, springs, spritz, spryly, spurt, spurtle, squirt, stagnant water, standing water, staple, still water, sublimely, submerge, substantial, successfully, suitably, sump, superbly, surely, surge, swamp, sweep, swimmingly, tank, tarn, tenderheartedly, thoughtfully, tidal pond, to good purpose, to some purpose, tolerably, truly, unailing, undoubtedly, unquestionably, unsick, unsickly, up and about, utterly, vein, very well, volcanic lake, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out, warmheartedly, warmly, water hole, water pocket, watering place, well out, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do, wellhead, wellspring, whelm, white, wholesome, wholly, with consummate skill, with finesse, with genius, with skill, workings, yawning abyss

Etymology 1
wel:

Etymology 2
well:

Etymology 3
weallan. Cognate with German wallen:, Danish vælde:.

Adverb

 * Arabic:, , جيدا
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali: ভাল
 * Bulgarian: добре
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: hästi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, καλώς
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ख़ूब
 * Interlingua: ben
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 良く
 * Korean:


 * Latin: probe, recte, bene
 * Lithuanian:
 * Mongolian: худаг
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, как следует
 * Scots: weel
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: ให้ดี, อย่างดี
 * Tok Pisin: gut
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: добре, гарно
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Arabic: (ħásanan),  (bi-xáyr),  (jayyidan)
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: εντελώς, πλήρως, ολοκληρωτικά
 * Japanese: 良く


 * Latin: omino
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: хорошо (xorošó), как следует (kak sl'édujet)
 * Scots: weel
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: -, -
 * Turkish: iyice


 * Arabic: (ħásanan),  (bi-xáyr)
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: πασίγνωστος
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Japanese: 良く
 * Latin: recte, bene, probe


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: weel
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Estonian: tõsiselt
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Latin: multum, maxime
 * Polish: nieźle


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Welsh:


 * : היטב
 * : bone
 * : ben
 * : ben


 * : bene
 * : 잘 (jal)
 * : బాగా (baagaa)

Adjective

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali: ভাল
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: terve, hyvässä kunnossa
 * German:
 * Greek: γερός, υγιής
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Ido: bona
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Lithuanian: sveikas,
 * Polish: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: weel
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: బాగు (baagu)
 * Thai: สบาย, สบายดี
 * Tok Pisin: no sik
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: khỏe, mạnh
 * Welsh:


 * Greek: καλός


 * Swahili:

Interjection

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 那麽,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: eh bien
 * German:
 * Hebrew: וואלה
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hindi: ख़ैर
 * Japanese: うーん,, あのう


 * Polish: cóż, no
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: так вот,
 * Saterland Frisian:
 * Scots: weel
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: bueno
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh:


 * French:
 * German: gut
 * Hiligaynon:


 * Navajo:
 * Polish: cóż


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 啊哈
 * Finnish: jopas, jopas jotakin
 * French: tiens!
 * Greek: για δες
 * Icelandic: jæja
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: coś takiego!, cóż!


 * Portuguese: ora, ora; muito bem, muito que bem
 * Russian:, так-так
 * Scots: weel
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: har man sett
 * Turkish:, bak sen, bak bak
 * Welsh: !;


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Greek: λοιπόν, που λες
 * Japanese:, あのう
 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish: cóż, no
 * Portuguese: é... (Brazil); pois (Portugal)


 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: weel
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh:


 * : nou
 * : na
 * : jæja
 * : bè, beh (1)
 * : cóż (1)

Noun

 * Afrikaans: fontrein
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: (bi’r)
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܒܐܪܐ (bi’rā’)
 * Hebrew: בארא (bi’rā’)
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Belarusian: студня, калодзеж
 * Breton: puñs
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: pou
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: 井 (jǐng)
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech: studna (for water), vrt  (for oil)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჭა (č‘a), წყარო (ts‘q‘aro)
 * German:
 * Greek:, φρέαρ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कूआँ
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: brunnur, borhola
 * Ido: puteo
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: puteo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: (on-doang)
 * Korean: 샘 (saem) (for water), 우물 (umul) (for water)
 * Ido: puteo
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: puteo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: (on-doang)
 * Korean: 샘 (saem) (for water), 우물 (umul) (for water)
 * Khmer: (on-doang)
 * Korean: 샘 (saem) (for water), 우물 (umul) (for water)


 * Kurdish:
 * Lao:, ນ້ຳບໍ່
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Limburgish: pöt
 * Lithuanian: šulinys
 * Low German: Born
 * Malay: perigi (water), telaga minyak (oil), telaga
 * Malayalam: കിണര്‍, ഊറ്റ്, ഉറവ, എന്തിന്‍റെയും വറ്റാത്ത ഉറവ
 * Maltese: bir
 * Mongolian: шанд
 * Norman: pyit
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: onda'ibaan
 * Persian: چاه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਖੂਹ (khūh)
 * Romanian: fântână (for water) puț  (both for water and oil, gas, etc.)
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бунар
 * Roman: bunar
 * Slovak: studňa
 * Slovene: vodnjak (for water), vrtina (for oil, gas, etc.)
 * Spanish: aljibe (for water), pozo (for oil, gas, etc.)
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: నుయ్యి (nuyyi), బావి (baavi)
 * Thai: (dtà-pang),  (dtrà-pang)
 * Tok Pisin: hul bilong wara
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: колодязь
 * Welsh: ffynnon
 * West Frisian: welle
 * Yiddish: ברונעם (brunem)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: колодязь
 * Welsh: ffynnon
 * West Frisian: welle
 * Yiddish: ברונעם (brunem)
 * Yiddish: ברונעם (brunem)


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: source
 * Georgian: წყარო (ts‘q‘aro)
 * German:


 * Greek: νερομάνα,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: wall
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (bòr-nám)
 * Yiddish: קװאַל (kval)


 * Finnish: vesikuoppa (="waterhole")


 * Swahili:


 * Swahili:

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) well

Etymology
, whence also wella:,  vella:.

Adjective
well



Adverb
well