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good > 27 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	good	Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
	2	good, full	Having the normally expected amount
	3	good	Morally admirable
	4	good, estimable, honorable, respectable	Deserving of esteem and respect
	5	good, beneficial	Promoting or enhancing well-being
	6	good	Agreeable or pleasing
	7	good, just, upright	Of moral excellence
	8	good, adept, expert, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful	Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
	9	good	Thorough
	10	good, dear, near	With or in a close or intimate relationship
	11	good, dependable, safe, secure	Financially sound
	12	good, right, ripe	Most suitable or right for a particular purpose
	13	good, well	Resulting favorably
	14	good, effective, in effect, in force	Exerting force or influence
	15	good	Capable of pleasing
	16	good, serious	Appealing to the mind
	17	good, sound	In excellent physical condition
	18	good, beneficial, salutary	Tending to promote physical well-being
	19	good	Not forged
	20	good, unspoiled, unspoilt	Not left to spoil
	21	good	Generally admired
ADVERB	1	good, well	(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')
ADVERB	2	good, thoroughly, soundly	In a complete and thorough manner (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
NOUN	1	good	Benefit
	2	good, goodness	Moral excellence or admirableness
	3	good, goodness	That which is pleasing or valuable or useful
	4	good, commodity, trade good	Articles of commerce

good > pronunciation
Sounds	gihd; guh'd
Rhymes	abbreviated, abducted, abstracted, and 649 more rhymes in ihd...
Rhymes	adulthood, allgood, babyhood, and 57 more rhymes in uhd...

good > adjective 1
Meaning	Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.
Examples	"good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "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"
Contrary	bad
Similar	bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing; good enough; goodish; hot; redeeming; satisfactory, acceptable; solid; superb; well-behaved, well behaved
See also	best; better; favorable, favourable; good; obedient; respectable
Attribute of	quality
Nouns	goodness

good > adjective 2
Meaning	Having the normally expected amount.
Examples	"gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"
Synonyms	full
Similar to	ample

good > adjective 3
Meaning	Morally admirable.
Contrary	evil
Similar	angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted; goody-goody; redemptive, redeeming, saving; white; worthy, upstanding, solid
See also	good; moral; right; righteous; virtuous; worthy
Attribute of	good, goodness
Nouns	goodness

good > adjective 4
Meaning	Deserving of esteem and respect.
Examples	"ruined the family's good name"
Synonyms	estimable, honorable, respectable
Similar to	reputable
Nouns	goodness

good > adjective 5
Meaning	Promoting or enhancing well-being.
Examples	"the experience was good for her"
Synonyms	beneficial
Similar to	advantageous
Nouns	goodness

good > adjective 6
Meaning	Agreeable or pleasing.
Examples	"we all had a good time"; "good manners"
Similar to	nice

good > adjective 8
Meaning	Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
Examples	"a good mechanic"
Synonyms	adept, expert, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful
Similar to	skilled

good > adjective 9
Meaning	Thorough.
Examples	"had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning"
Similar to	complete

good > adjective 10
Meaning	With or in a close or intimate relationship.
Examples	"a good friend"
Synonyms	dear, near
Similar to	close

good > adjective 12
Meaning	Most suitable or right for a particular purpose.
Examples	"a good time to plant tomatoes"
Synonyms	right, ripe
Similar to	opportune
Nouns	goodness

good > adjective 13
Meaning	Resulting favorably.
Examples	"its a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"
Synonyms	well
Similar to	fortunate

good > adjective 17
Meaning	In excellent physical condition.
Examples	"good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"
Synonyms	sound
Similar to	healthy

good > adjective 18
Meaning	Tending to promote physical well-being. Beneficial to health.
Examples	"a good night's sleep"
Synonyms	beneficial, salutary
Similar to	healthful
Nouns	goodness

good > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	Benefit.
Examples	"for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?"
Broader	advantage, vantage
Narrower	common good, commonweal

good > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	Moral excellence or admirableness.
Examples	"there is much good to be found in people"
Synonyms	goodness
Contrary	evil, evilness
Broader	morality
Narrower	kindness; beneficence; benignity, benignancy, graciousness; virtue, virtuousness, moral excellence; virtue; saintliness; summum bonum
Attributes	good

good > noun 3, attribute
Meaning	That which is pleasing or valuable or useful.
Examples	"weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
Synonyms	goodness
Contrary	bad, badness
Broader	quality
Narrower	worthiness; desirability, desirableness; benefit, welfare; better; optimum; wisdom, wiseness, soundness

good > noun 4, artifact
Meaning	Articles of commerce.
Synonyms	commodity, trade good
Broader	artifact, artefact
Narrower	basic, staple; consumer goods; drygoods, soft goods; entrant; export, exportation; fancy goods; fungible; future; import, importation; merchandise, ware, product; middling; sporting goods; salvage

good > adverb 1
Meaning	(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').
Examples	"the baby can walk pretty good"
Synonyms	well
Contrary	ill, badly, poorly
Usage	combining form

good > adverb 2
Meaning	In a complete and thorough manner (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly').
Examples	"we beat him good"
Synonyms	thoroughly, soundly
Usage	colloquialism