Good

Adjective

 * 1) Acting in the interest of good; ethical.
 * good intentions
 * 1) * 1891: Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Ch. 6
 * When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.
 * 1) Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
 * It’s a good watch.
 * The flashlight batteries are still good.
 * 1) Of food, edible; not stale or rotten.
 * The bread is still good.
 * 1) Of food, having a particularly pleasant taste.
 * The food was very good.
 * 1) Of food, being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
 * Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow.
 * 1) Healthful.
 * Carrots are good for you.
 * Walking is good for you.
 * 1) Pleasant; enjoyable.
 * The music, dancing, and food were very good.
 * We had a good time.
 * 1) Of people, competent or talented.
 * a good swimmer
 * 1) Effective.
 * a good worker
 * 1) Favourable.
 * a good omen
 * good weather
 * 1) Beneficial; worthwhile.
 * a good job
 * 1)  With "and", extremely.
 * The soup is good and hot.
 * 1)  Holy.
 * Good Friday
 * 1) Reasonable in amount.
 * all in good time
 * 1) Large in amount or size.
 * A good part of his day was spent shopping.
 * ''It will be a good while longer until he's done.
 * He's had a good amount of troubles, he has.
 * a good while longer
 * a good amount of seeds
 * 1) Entire.
 * This hill will take a good hour and a half to climb.
 * The car was a good ten miles away.

Adverb
good


 * 1)  Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
 * 2) * 1906, Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley
 * If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good. You're big enough to do it.
 * 1) * 2007 April 19, Jimmy Wales, “Jimmy Wales on the User-Generated Generation”, Fresh Air, WHYY, Pennsylvania
 * The one thing that we can't do...is throw out the baby with the bathwater.... We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this...high-quality website.

Noun

 * 1)  The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
 * 2)  A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
 * 3)  The abstract instantiation of something qualified by the adjective; e.g., "The best is the enemy of the good."
 * 4)  An item of merchandise.

Adjectives for Good
indifferent; supreme; possible; garnered; public; tender; unimagined; infinite; irreconcilable; celestial; chief; ultimate; timely; final; permanent; common; spiritual; sovereign; unmitigated; worldly; satiating; everlasting; unchanging; weak; universal.

Verbs for Good
accept—; admire—; approve of—; ascertain—; augur—; commend—; devote to—; distinguish by—; endorse—; expound—; favor—; invite—; laud—; nullify—; offer —; relish—; repay—; reward—; welcome—; —benefits; —merits; —pleases; —profits; —prospers.

Adverbs for Good
exceptionally; wonderfully; incontrovertibiy; undeniably; absolutely; faultlessly; commercially; spiritually; materially; supremely; innately; naturally; inherently; essentially; unusually; uncommonly; consistently; fairly; completely; unquestionably; intrinsically; genuinely; pricelessly; unutterably.

Synonyms for Good

 * not bad, all right, satisfactory, decent
 * well
 * righteous, upright, benevolent, just, true, honest, virtuous, well-behaved, moral, chaste, pure, untainted, unspotted, sinless.

Antonyms for Good

 * bad, poor
 * bad, evil
 * bad, evil
 * bad

Derived terms

 * do well by doing good
 * for good
 * good afternoon
 * good and
 * good as gold‎
 * goodbye
 * good day
 * good drunk
 * goodish


 * good-for-nothing
 * good grief
 * good job
 * good morning
 * goodly
 * goodness
 * good night
 * good to go
 * too much of a good thing

Thesaurus
Christian, Christlike, Christly, Daedalian, God-fearing, OK, Roger, Sunday, able to pay, absolutely, acceptable, accomplished, according to Hoyle, ace, actual, adept, adequate, admirable, admissible, adroit, advantage, advantageous, advisable, affable, affectionate, agreeable, all right, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, allowable, almighty, alright, alrighty, amazing, ambrosial, amen, amiable, amicable, ample, angelic, appropriate, approving, apt, artistic, as you say, assets, assuredly, attractive, auspicious, authentic, authoritative, avail, aye, bad, balanced, barely sufficient, becoming, befitting, behalf, behoof, believable, belongings, benediction, beneficent, beneficial, benefit, benevolent, benign, benignant, benignantly, benignly, benison, best, binding, blameless, blessing, blissful, bon, bona fide, bonny, boon, boundless, bracing, brave, bravura, braw, bright, brilliant, brotherly, bueno, by all means, candid, capital, card-carrying, careful, certainly, champion, changeless, charitable, chaste, chattels, cheerful, choice, clean, clever, cloth, cogent, commendable, commensurate, commodities, company, compassionate, compatible, compelling, competent, complaisant, complete, complimentary, condign, congenial, congruous, considerable, considerate, consistent, constitutional, consumable, convenient, convincing, coordinated, cordial, correct, corresponding, crack, crackerjack, cracking, creating, creative, credible, creditable, crucial, cunning, cute, da, daedal, dainty, decent, decorous, defensible, deft, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, dependable, deserved, desirable, dexterous, dextrous, dinkum, diplomatic, due, dulcet, edible, effects, elegant, elevated, en rapport, encomiastic, enjoyable, enough, enthusiastic, equal to, equitable, erect, established, esteemed, estimable, eternal, eternally the same, ethical, eulogistic, even, evenhanded, everlasting, exactly, excellent, exemplary, expedient, expert, exquisite, extensive, extraordinary, fab, fabric, fabulous, fair, fair and pleasant, fair and square, famous, fancy, fantastic, favorable, favorably, favoring, feasible, felicific, felicitous, fine, first-class, first-rate, fit, fitten, fitting, flattering, following the letter, fortunate, fraternal, freight, fresh, friendly, fructuous, full, full of integrity, full of promise, gain, gear, genial, gentle, genuine, gifted, glorious, godlike, godly, godly-minded, godsend, golden, good enough, good for, good to eat, good-hearted, good-tasting, goodish, goodly, goodness, goods, graceful, gracious, grand, grateful, gratifying, great, groovy, gustable, gusty, hallowed, handy, happy, harmonious, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful, healthy, hear, heart-warming, heavenly, helpful, high-minded, high-mindedness, high-principled, highest, highly respectable, holy, holy-minded, honest, honest-to-God, honesty, honeyed, honorable, honorableness, human, humane, humanely, humanly, hygeian, hygienic, immaculate, immortal, immutable, inartificial, indeed, indeedy, infinite, ingenious, integrity, interest, invigorating, inviolate, irreproachable, ja, juicy, just, just so, justifiable, justified, kind, kindhearted, kindheartedly, kindly, kindly-disposed, knockout, kosher, lares and penates, large, laudable, laudatory, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, lawful, legal, legitimate, level, lifelike, likable, likely, limitless, line, literal, lofty, logical, loving, lucky, luminous, luscious, lush, magisterial, mais oui, majestic, making, manly, masterful, masterly, material, meet, meet and right, mellifluous, mellow, merchandise, merciful, merit, merited, minimal, minimum, moral, morality, most assuredly, movables, natural, naturalistic, naturally, naturellement, neat, nectareous, nectarous, needed, nice, nicely, no mean, nobility, noble, normal, normative, numinous, obedient, of course, of good omen, of gourmet quality, of happy portent, of promise, okay, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, one, opportune, orderly, original, otherworldly, oui, outstanding, palatable, paraphernalia, passable, penetrating, permanent, permissible, perpetual, personal property, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, plenty, plenty good enough, politic, positive, positively, possessions, precisely, principled, probity, produce, professional, proficient, profit, profitable, promising, proper, propitious, proportionate, prosperity, prosperous, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, quick, quite, quite some, radiant, rather, ready, real, realistic, really, recommendable, rectitude, refreshing, regal, reliable, reputable, resourceful, respectable, respected, rewarding, right, right and proper, right-minded, righteous, righteousness, rightful, righto, royal, sacred, safe, saintlike, saintly, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sapid, satisfactory, satisfying, savorous, savory, scrumptious, seasonable, secure, see you later, seemly, self-consistent, sensible, seraphic, serious, shapely, shaping, simon-pure, simple, sincere, sizable, sizeable, skilled, skillful, slick, smart, smashing, softhearted, softheartedly, solicitous, solid, solvent, some, sortable, sound, sovereign, spiritual, spiritual-minded, splendid, spotless, square, stainless, statesmanlike, sterling, stock, straight, stuff, stylish, substantial, succulent, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, superb, superior, supreme, sure, sure thing, sure-enough, surely, sweet, sympathetic, sympathizing, tactful, talented, tangibles, tasty, tender, tenderhearted, tenderheartedly, terrific, textile, the compleat, the complete, things, thorough, timeless, timely, to be desired, to be sure, tolerable, tonic, toothsome, toward, true to life, true to nature, true to reality, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, truly, trustworthy, ubiquitous, unadulterated, unaffected, unassumed, unassuming, unbelievable, unblemished, unbounded, unchanging, uncolored, unconcocted, uncopied, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, uncounterfeited, undefiled, undefined, undisguised, undisguising, undistorted, unearthly, unexaggerated, unfabricated, unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unflattering, unimagined, unimitated, unimpeachable, unindebted, uninvented, unlimited, unpretended, unpretending, unqualified, unromantic, unsimulated, unspecious, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unsynthetic, untarnished, unvarnished, unworldly, up to, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, use, useful, usefulness, valid, vendibles, verbal, verbatim, veridical, verisimilar, very good, very well, virtue, virtuoso, virtuous, virtuousness, wares, warm, warmhearted, warmheartedly, warmly, warrantable, warranted, weighty, welcome, welfare, well, well and good, well-behaved, well-being, well-disposed, well-done, well-founded, well-grounded, well-mannered, well-proportioned, well-thought-of, well-timed, wholesome, why yes, wicked, wise, wonderful, word-for-word, workmanlike, world of good, worth, worthwhile, worthy, yard goods, yea, yeah, yeomanly, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree, yummy

Alternative forms

 * g’d

Etymology
, from god:, from  (compare Low German good:/gaud:, Dutch goed:, German gut:, Swedish god:, Danish god:), from  'to unite, be associated, suit' (compare Lithuanian guõdas: 'honor', Old Church Slavonic undefined: 'pleasing time', Sanskrit undefined: 'fitting, suitable'). Related to gather.

Adjective

 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian: լավ, բարի
 * Azeri: yaxşı
 * Belarusian: добры
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Dungan:
 * Mandarin:, 良
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Filipino: mabuti, mabait
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Irish:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: жақсы
 * Kyrgyz: жакшы
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:, ,
 * Latin:, ,


 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Marathi: चांगला, चांगली, चांगले, भला, भली, भले
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old Norse: góðr
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: dobar, dobra , dobrotstvo , blagodaran , blagodarna , blagodarnost
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: mabuti, mabait, mabuti
 * Telugu: నీతి(nIti)
 * Thai:, ดีๆ,  เจตนาดี
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: gowy
 * Ukrainian: добрий,,  гарний
 * Urdu:, بهلا
 * Uzbek: yaxshi
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * West Frisian:
 * Zazaki:


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: լավ (lav)
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 好
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: (, yoi),  (ii)
 * Korean: 좋은
 * Latvian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: alli
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: godan, dobar, valjan
 * Sinhalese: හොඳ
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మంచిది (maMcidi)
 * Thai: (doo dee),  (sŭay ngaam)
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: tốt


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: լավ (lav)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Japanese: (, daijōbuna)


 * Latvian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: dobro, valjano
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: తాజా
 * Welsh: blasus


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: լավ (lav)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Italian:


 * Latvian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: sumaq
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: పసందు (pasaMdu)


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: լավ (lav)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:, , ,


 * Latvian:, ,
 * Norwegian: sunn
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: ఆరోగ్యకరమైన (ArOgyakaramaina)
 * Welsh: iachus


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: լավ (lav)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:, , ,


 * Japanese: (, yoi),  (ii)
 * Latvian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: godno, ugodno, čedno, dobro
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ఉత్సోహకరము (utsAhakaramu)


 * Armenian: լավ (lav)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 嫻熟, 娴熟
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: god, dygtig
 * Dutch:
 * Filipino: magaling
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Japanese: (, yoi),  (ii), 上手, 旨い


 * Latvian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, умелый, искусный, ловкий
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: spretan, spretna , blagotvorna , blagotvoran , sposoban , sposobna
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: చురుకుతనము (curukutanmu)
 * Vietnamese: giỏi


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: լավ (lav)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Latvian: ,


 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: may bisa, magaling
 * Telugu: శక్తివంతము (saktivaMtamu)


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: լավ (lav),
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , ,


 * Japanese: (, yoi),  (ii)
 * Latvian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Russian:, of an omen
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: అభిమానము (abhimAnamu)


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: լավ (lav)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:, , ,


 * Latvian: ,
 * Lojban:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: : pouzdana, korisna
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: ఉపయోగకరము (upayOgakaramu)


 * : goed
 * : mirë
 * : (jéyyid), طَيّب,  (‎ħásan)
 * : yaxşı
 * : ভাল (valo)
 * : добър, добра, добро (dobər, dobra, dobro) m/f/n; приятен, приятна, приятно (prijaten, prijatna, prijatno) m/f/n
 * :, bona
 * : maayo
 * : bona
 * : vinaka
 * : bon, bonne
 * : porã
 * : aššu
 * : benigna (1), bona
 * : baik, bagus
 * : bon
 * : pitsiartok
 * : buono, buona
 * : 좋은 (jo-eun)
 * :, qenc, çê, çak,


 * : washte
 * : geras
 * : bon, boni
 * : mino-
 * : (xub)
 * : bun, bună
 * : добро (dobro)
 * : bonu, bona
 * : dobrý, dobrá , dobré
 * : -zuri
 * : நன்று (nanru)
 * : మంచి(maMci)
 * : (dee)
 * : gutpela
 * : katu
 * : iyi
 * : добрий (dóbryj)
 * : яхши (yaxşi)
 * : da
 * : גוט (gut)
 * : גוט (gut)

Noun

 * Arabic: خير, فائدة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: дабро
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 善
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: godhed
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: das Gute
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: ben
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 善
 * Korean: 착함
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: labais


 * Macedonian: добро
 * Manchu: (sain)
 * Novial: bonu, bonum
 * Persian: خیر
 * Polish:, dobroć (kindness)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: добро
 * Roman: dobro
 * Slovak: dobro
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: (noun 11/14)
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ความดี, ธรรม
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: добро
 * Welsh:, daioni


 * Catalan: bo
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Russian: ,


 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: valjan, dobar, pouzdan
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
Related to English good. Not related to gód.

Adjective
good (comparative: baeter, superlative: bès, 't bès)


 * 1) good

Inflection
¹ Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead. ² Vocative only exists for about ten words.

Etymology
god:, of origin

Adjective

 * 1)  (of good quality)
 * 2)  (morally right)
 * 3) * 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
 * and certeinly he was a good felawe
 * and certainly he was a good fellow