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What's The Definition Of Good?
[n] moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people"
[n] that which is good or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization" [n] benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?" [adv] (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard; "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-planned party"; (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well' as in"the baby can walk pretty good") [adv] in a complete and thorough manner; "he was soundly defeated"; (`good' is used informally for `thoroughly' as in"we beat him good") [adj] promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her" [adj] having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here" [adj] having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others; "his benevolent smile"; "a benevolent nature" [adj] used of clothing; "my good clothes"; "her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes" [adj] with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" [adj] thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning" [adj] generally admired; "good taste" [adj] exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)" [adj] resulting favorably; "its a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well" [adj] not left to spoil; "the meat is still good" [adj] not forged; "a good dollar bill" [adj] having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "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" [adj] morally admirable [adj] tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air" [adj] in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [adj] appealing to the mind; "good music"; "a serious book" [adj] agreeable or pleasing; "we all had a good time"; "good manners" [adj] most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" [adj] capable of pleasing; "good looks" [adj] deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [adj] of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass [adj] having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" [adj] financially sound; "a good investment"; "a secure investment" [adj] superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade" Synonyms | Synonyms for Good: acceptable | adept | advantageous | ample | angelic | angelical | bang-up | beatific | beneficial | benevolent | best | bully | close | complete | corking | cracking | dandy | dear | dependable | discriminating | echt | effective | estimable | expert | fine | fortunate | fresh | full | genuine | good enough | good-hearted | goodish | goodness | goody-goody | go-to-meeting(a) | gracious | great | groovy | healthful | healthy | honorable | hot | in effect(p) | in force(p) | intellectual | just | keen | kind | kindly | 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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 See Also | advantage | beneficence | beneficent | benefit | benignancy | benignity | better | better | charitable | common good | commonweal | desirability | desirableness | favorable | favourable | good | graciousness | kindness | moral | moral excellence | morality | obedient | optimum | quality | respectable | right | righteous | saintliness | soundness | summum bonum | vantage | virtue | virtuous | virtuousness | welfare | wisdom | wiseness | worthiness Good In Webster's Dictionary \Good\, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words,
though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are
from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS.
g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god,
Goth. g[=o]ds; prob. orig., fitting, belonging together, and
akin to E. gather. [root]29 Cf. {Gather}.]
1. Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end
designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness;
serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable;
commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive,
or troublesome, etc.
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold,
it was very good. --Gen. i. 31.
Good company, good wine, good welcome. --Shak.
2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious;
religious; -- said of persons or actions.
In all things showing thyself a pattern of good
works. --Tit. ii. 7.
3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite;
propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by
to or toward, also formerly by unto.
The men were very good unto us. --1 Sam. xxv.
15.
4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be
relied upon; -- followed especially by for.
All quality that is good for anything is founded
originally in merit. --Collier.
5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed
especially by at.
He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.
--Shak.
Those are generally good at flattering who are good
for nothing else. --South.
6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious;
valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the
discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary
ability; of unimpaired credit.
My reasons are both good and weighty. --Shak.
My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that
he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
--Shak.
7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest;
in good sooth.
Love no man in good earnest. --Shak.
8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable;
esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good
degree, a good share or part, etc.
9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
running over. --Luke vi. 38.
10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied;
as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good
repute, etc.
A good name is better than precious ointment.
--Eccl. vii.
1.
{As good as}. See under {As}.
{For good}, or {For good and all}, completely and finally;
fully; truly.
The good woman never died after this, till she came
to die for good and all. --L'Estrange.
{Good breeding}, polite or polished manners, formed by
education; a polite education.
Distinguished by good humor and good breeding.
--Macaulay.
{Good cheap}, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.
{Good consideration} (Law).
(a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and
affection. --Blackstone.
(b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a
contract.
{Good fellow}, a person of companionable qualities.
[Familiar]
{Good folk}, {or Good people}, fairies; brownies; pixies,
etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.]
{Good for nothing}.
(a) Of no value; useless; worthless.
(b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.
My father always said I was born to be a good
for nothing. --Ld. Lytton.
{Good Friday}, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches
as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or
suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion.
{Good humor}, or {Good-humor}, a cheerful or pleasant temper
or state of mind.
{Good nature}, or {Good-nature}, habitual kindness or
mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of
being in good humor.
The good nature and generosity which belonged to his
character. --Macaulay.
The young count's good nature and easy
persuadability were among his best characteristics.
--Hawthorne.
{Good people}. See {Good folk} (above).
{Good speed}, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old
form of wishing success. See {Speed}.
{Good turn}, an act of kidness; a favor.
{Good will}.
(a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling.
(b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the
tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and
others, to resort to an established place of
business; the advantage accruing from tendency or
inclination.
The good will of a trade is nothing more than
the probability that the old customers will
resort to the old place. --Lord Eldon.
{In good time}.
(a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor
too late.
(b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time.
{To hold good}, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to
remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the
condition still holds good.
{To make good}, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to
supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or
verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to
clear; to vindicate.
Each word made good and true. --Shak.
Of no power to make his wishes good. --Shak.
I . . . would by combat make her good. --Shak.
Convenient numbers to make good the city. --Shak.
{To think good}, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with;
to consider expedient or proper.
If ye think good, give me my price; and if not,
forbear. --Zech. xi.
12.
Note: Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in
greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night,
good evening, good morning, etc.
\Good\, n. 1. That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil. There be many that say, Who will show us any good ? --Ps. iv. 6. 2. Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc. The good of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the good of each of the members composing it. --Jay. 3. pl. Wares; commodities; chattels; -- formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property. --Wharton. He hath made us spend much good. --Chaucer. Thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice. --Shak. {Dress goods}, {Dry goods}, etc. See in the Vocabulary. {Goods engine}, a freight locomotive. [Eng.] {Goods train}, a freight train. [Eng.] {Goods wagon}, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under {Car}, n., 2. \Good\, adv. Well, -- especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible. As good almost kill a man as kill a good book. --Milton. {As good as}, in effect; virtually; the same as. They who counsel ye to such a suppressing, do as good as bid ye suppress yourselves. --Milton. \Good\, v. t. 1. To make good; to turn to good. [Obs.] 2. To manure; to improve. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. |
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