Good definition

Good as an adjective

1. having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

   "good news from the hospital"

2. having the normally expected amount

   "gives good measure"

   Same sense: full

3. morally admirable

4. deserving of esteem and respect

   "ruined the family's good name"

   Same sense: honorable, respectable, admirable, estimable

5. promoting or enhancing well-being

   "the experience was good for her"

   Same sense: beneficial

6. agreeable or pleasing

   "we all had a good time"

7. of moral excellence

   "a genuinely good person"

   Same sense: just, upright

8. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

   "a good mechanic"

   Same sense: expert, practiced, adept, proficient, skillful, skilful

9. thorough

   "had a good workout"

10. with or in a close or intimate relationship

    "a good friend"

    Same sense: near, dear

11. financially safe

    "a good investment"

    Same sense: safe, secure, dependable

12. most suitable or right for a particular purpose

    "a good time to plant tomatoes"

    Same sense: right, ripe

13. resulting favorably

    "it's a good thing that I wasn't there"

    Same sense: well

14. exerting force or influence

    "a warranty good for two years"

    Same sense: in force, in effect, effective

15. capable of pleasing

    "good looks"

16. appealing to the mind

    "good music"

    Same sense: serious

17. in excellent physical condition

    "good teeth"

    Same sense: sound

18. tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health

    "a good night's sleep"

    Same sense: salutary

19. not forged

    "a good dollar bill"

    Same sense: honest

20. not left to spoil

    "the meat is still good"

    Same sense: unspoiled, unspoilt

21. generally admired

    "good taste"

Good as a noun

22. benefit

    "for your own good"

23. moral excellence or admirableness

    "there is much good to be found in people"

    Same sense: goodness

24. that which is pleasing or valuable or useful

    "weigh the good against the bad"

    Same sense: goodness

25. a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes

    Same sense: trade good, commodity

Good as an adverb

26. (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’)

    "the baby can walk pretty good"

    Same sense: well

27. completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’)

    "we beat him good"

    Same sense: thoroughly, soundly

Synonyms and antonyms

• full definition
• honorable
• respectable
• admirable
• estimable
• beneficial
• just
• upright
• expert
• practiced
• adept
• proficient
• skillful
• skilful
• near definition
• dear
• safe
• secure
• dependable
• right definition
• ripe
• well definition
• in force
• in effect

Opposites: bad, evil.

All synonyms of good, sense by sense

How to say good

Good has 1 syllable and rhymes with would. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with good

• would
• could
• should
• wood
• understood
• stood
• childhood
• neighborhood
• hood
• likelihood
• brotherhood
• misunderstood

All 56 words that rhyme with good

GOOD in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

0

Is GOOD a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check GOOD in the word checker, or unscramble GOOD to see the shorter words in its letters.