Well definition

Well as an adverb

1. (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 children behaved well"

   Same sense: good

2. thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form

   "The problem is well understood"

3. indicating high probability; in all likelihood

   "I might well do it"

   Same sense: easily

4. (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully

   "a book well worth reading"

5. to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree

   "the project was well underway"

6. favorably; with approval

   "their neighbors spoke well of them"

7. to a great extent or degree

   "I'm afraid the film was well over budget"

   Same sense: considerably, substantially

8. with great or especially intimate knowledge

   "we knew them well"

   Same sense: intimately

9. with prudence or propriety

   "You would do well to say nothing more"

10. with skill or in a pleasing manner

    "she dances well"

11. in a manner affording benefit or advantage

    "she married well"

    Same sense: advantageously

12. in financial comfort

    "They live well"

    Same sense: comfortably

13. without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor

    "took the joke well"

Well as a noun

14. a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

15. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

16. an abundant source

    "she was a well of information"

    Same sense: wellspring, fountainhead

17. an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

18. an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps

Well as an adjective

19. in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury

    "appears to be entirely well"

20. resulting favorably

    "it is well that no one saw you"

    Same sense: good

21. wise or advantageous and hence advisable

    "it would be well to start early"

Well as a verb

22. come up, as of a liquid

    "Tears well in her eyes"

    Same sense: swell

Synonyms and antonyms

• good definition
• easily
• considerably
• substantially
• intimately
• advantageously
• comfortably
• wellspring
• fountainhead
• swell

Opposites: ill, badly.

All synonyms of well, sense by sense

How to say well

Well has 1 syllable and rhymes with tell. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with well

• tell
• hell
• sell
• hotel
• cell
• fell
• bell
• el
• personnel
• smell
• shell
• spell

All 88 words that rhyme with well

WELL in word games

Scrabble

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Words With Friends

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Anagrams

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