Synonyms: commodity, trade good, good
Definition: articles of commerce
Definition: moral excellence or admirableness
Usage: there is much good to be found in people
Similar words: morality
Definition: concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
Definition: that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
Usage: weigh the good against the bad; among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization
Similar words: quality
Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare
Synonyms: good
Definition: benefit
Usage: for your own good; what's the good of worrying?
Similar words: vantage, advantage
Definition: the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
Usage: the experience gave him the advantage over me
Synonyms: beneficial, good
Definition: promoting or enhancing well-being
Usage: an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries; the beneficial effects of a temperate climate; the experience was good for her
Similar words: advantageous
Definition: giving an advantage
Usage: a contract advantageous to our country; socially advantageous to entertain often
Definition: having the normally expected amount
Usage: gives full measure; gives good measure; a good mile from here
Similar words: ample
Definition: more than enough in size or scope or capacity
Usage: had ample food for the party; an ample supply
Definition: with or in a close or intimate relationship
Usage: a good friend; my sisters and brothers are near and dear
Similar words: close
Definition: close in relevance or relationship
Usage: a close family; we are all...in close sympathy with...; close kin; a close resemblance
Synonyms: good
Definition: thorough
Usage: had a good workout; gave the house a good cleaning
Similar words: complete
Definition: having every necessary or normal part or component or step
Usage: a complete meal; a complete wardrobe; a complete set of the Britannica; a complete set of china; a complete defeat; a complete accounting
Synonyms: good
Definition: generally admired
Usage: good taste
Similar words: discriminating
Definition: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
Usage: the discriminating eye of the connoisseur
Synonyms: in effect, in force, good, effective
Definition: exerting force or influence
Usage: the law is effective immediately; a warranty good for two years; the law is already in effect (or in force)
Similar words: operative
Definition: being in force or having or exerting force
Usage: operative regulations; the major tendencies operative in the American political system
Definition: resulting favorably
Usage: it's 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
Similar words: fortunate
Definition: having unexpected good fortune
Usage: other, less fortunate, children died; a fortunate choice
Synonyms: undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt, good
Definition: not left to spoil
Usage: the meat is still good
Similar words: fresh
Definition: recently made, produced, or harvested
Usage: fresh bread; a fresh scent; fresh lettuce
Definition: not forged
Usage: a good dollar bill
Definition: not fake or counterfeit
Usage: a genuine Picasso; genuine leather
Synonyms: good
Definition: having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
Usage: 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
Similar words: great, groovy, neat, nifty, peachy, not bad, bang-up, keen, bully, dandy, corking, cracking, swell, slap-up, smashing
Definition: very good
Usage: he did a bully job; a neat sports car; had a great time at the party; you look simply smashing
Similar words: good enough
Definition: adequately good for the circumstances
Usage: if it's good enough for you it's good enough for me
Similar words: goodish
Definition: moderately good of its kind
Usage: a goodish wine
Similar words: hot
Definition: very good; often used in the negative
Usage: he's hot at math but not so hot at history
Similar words: redeeming
Definition: compensating for some fault or defect
Usage: the redeeming feature of the plan is its simplicity; his saving grace was his sense of humor
Similar words: satisfactory, acceptable
Definition: meeting requirements
Usage: the step makes a satisfactory seat
Similar words: solid
Definition: characterized by good substantial quality
Usage: solid comfort; a solid base hit
Similar words: superb
Definition: surpassingly good
Usage: a superb meal
Similar words: well behaved, well-behaved
Definition: (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct
Usage: a well-behaved child
Synonyms: good
Definition: morally admirable
Similar words: beatific, angelic, angelical, sainted, saintlike, saintly
Definition: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
Usage: angelic beneficence; a beatific smile; a saintly concern for his fellow men; my sainted mother
Similar words: goody-goody
Definition: affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous
Similar words: saving, redeeming, redemptive
Definition: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
Usage: saving faith; redemptive (or redeeming) love
Similar words: white
Definition: benevolent; without malicious intent
Usage: that's white of you
Definition: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
Usage: beneficial effects of a balanced diet; a good night's sleep; the salutary influence of pure air
Similar words: healthful
Definition: conducive to good health of body or mind
Usage: a healthful climate; a healthful environment; healthful nutrition; healthful sleep; Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance
Definition: in excellent physical condition
Usage: good teeth; I still have one good leg; a sound mind in a sound body
Similar words: healthy
Definition: having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
Usage: a rosy healthy baby; staying fit and healthy
Definition: appealing to the mind
Usage: good music; a serious book
Similar words: intellectual
Definition: appealing to or using the intellect
Usage: satire is an intellectual weapon; intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor; has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people; coldly intellectual; sort of the intellectual type; intellectual literature
Synonyms: good
Definition: agreeable or pleasing
Usage: we all had a good time; good manners
Similar words: nice
Definition: pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
Usage: what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty- George Meredith; nice manners; a nice dress; a nice face; a nice day; had a nice time at the party; the corn and tomatoes are nice today
Definition: most suitable or right for a particular purpose
Usage: a good time to plant tomatoes; the right time to act; the time is ripe for great sociological changes
Similar words: opportune
Definition: suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
Usage: an opportune place to make camp; an opportune arrival
Synonyms: good
Definition: capable of pleasing
Usage: good looks
Similar words: pleasing
Definition: giving pleasure and satisfaction
Usage: a pleasing piece of news; pleasing in manner and appearance
Synonyms: estimable, respectable, honorable, good
Definition: deserving of esteem and respect
Usage: all respectable companies give guarantees; ruined the family's good name
Similar words: reputable
Definition: having a good reputation
Usage: a reputable business; a reputable scientist; a reputable wine
Definition: of moral excellence
Usage: a genuinely good person; a just cause; an upright and respectable man
Similar words: righteous
Definition: characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice
Usage: the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much- James 5:16
Synonyms: adept, skilful, skillful, expert, practiced, proficient, good
Definition: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
Usage: 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
Similar words: skilled
Definition: having or showing or requiring special skill
Usage: only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team; a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience; a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow; a skilled trade
Synonyms: secure, safe, dependable, good
Definition: financially sound
Usage: a good investment; a secure investment
Similar words: sound
Definition: financially secure and safe
Usage: sound investments; a sound economy