Synonyms for well
Another word for well is fit, healthy or recovered. Below are 15 synonyms and 17 related words across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: welled, welling, wells.
1. adjective: in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
- fit synonyms
- healthy synonyms
- recovered synonyms
- cured synonyms
- healed
- asymptomatic
- symptomless
Antonyms
- ill synonyms
2. adjective: resulting favorably
- good synonyms
- fortunate synonyms
3. adjective: wise or advantageous and hence advisable
- advisable synonyms
4. noun: a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
5. noun: a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
6. noun: an abundant source
- wellspring
- fountainhead
7. noun: an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
8. noun: 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
9. adverb: (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’)
Antonyms
- ill synonyms
10. adverb: indicating high probability; in all likelihood
- easily
11. adverb: favorably; with approval
Antonyms
- ill synonyms
12. adverb: to a great extent or degree
- considerably
- substantially
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- oil well
- gas well
- driven well
- tube well
- excavation synonyms
- sump
- artesian well
- oiler
- vessel
- inkwell
- inkstand
- source synonyms
- shaft synonyms
- stairwell
- pump well
- compartment
- bilge well
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Questions people ask
What is another word for well?
You can say fit, healthy, recovered, cured or healed instead of well. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury".
What is the opposite of well?
The opposite of well is ill.
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