good

Meaning

Adj

1. Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
2. Competent or talented.
3. Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
4. Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
5. (US) Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
6. (colloquial) Accepting of, OK with
7. (archaic) Of high rank or birth.
8. Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
9. Effective.
10. (obsolete) Real; actual; serious.
11. Having a particularly pleasant taste.
12. Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
13. Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
14. Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
15. True, valid, of explanatory strength.
16. Right, proper, as it should be.
17. Healthful.
18. Pleasant; enjoyable.
19. Favorable.
20. Unblemished; honourable.
21. Beneficial; worthwhile.
22. Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
23. (colloquial) Very, extremely. See good and.
24. (colloquial) Ready.
25. Holy (especially when capitalized) .
26. Reasonable in amount.
27. Large in amount or size.
28. Full; entire; at least as much as.
29. Special, best, favorite.

Intj

That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.

Adv

Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.

Noun

1. (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
2. (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
3. (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
4. (countable, plural-normally) An item of merchandise.

Verb

1. (dialectal, intransitive) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
2. (dialectal, transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.
3. (dialectal, intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.
4. (dialectal, intransitive) To benefit; gain.
5. (dialectal, transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
6. (dialectal, transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
7. (dialectal, reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.

Verb

To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

Opposite of

bad, evil

Synonyms

nice

fine

well

beautiful

excellent

benefit

kind

right

OK

🆗

all right

virtuous

goodness

okay

proper

honest

beneficial

sound

🔉

pretty

advantage

pleasant

sweet

healthy

⚕️

welfare

wonderful

worthy

profit

useful

pious

well-being

use

correct

generous

satisfactory

interest

agreeable

great

suitable

clean

pleasing

valid

weal

helpful

best

salutary

decent

pure

virtue

favourable

fair

fit

Translations

bon

👍

bueno

👍

gut

👍

buono

👍

bom

👍

goed

👍

bien

bien

👍

καλός

bene

bo

👍

iyi

👍

bonus

👍

boa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʊd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: good

Inherited from Old English: gōd

Cognate with Russian: го́дный

Inherited from Middle English: goode

Cognate with Dutch: goed

Cognate with German: gut

Cognate with Danish: godt

Cognate with Swedish: gott

Cognate with German: Gut

Inherited from Middle English: goden

Inherited from Old English: gōdian

Inherited from Middle English: *goden

Cognate with Swedish: göda

Cognate with Danish: gøde

In summary

Inherited from Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit, fit”).
Related to gather and together, but not to god/God.
Eclipsed non-native Middle English bon, bone, boon, boun (“good”) borrowed from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots gude, guid (“good”), Yola gayde, gooude, gude (“good”), North Frisian gud, gur, gödj (“good”), Saterland Frisian goud (“good”), West Frisian goed (“good”), Alemannic German guet (“good”), Bavarian guad (“good”), Central Franconian gut, jot, jott (“good”), Cimbrian guat, guut (“good”), Dutch goed, goei (“good”), Dutch Low Saxon good (“good”), German gut (“good”), Limburgish good, gott (“good”), Low German god, goot (“good”), Luxembourgish gutt (“good”), Mòcheno guat (“good”), Vilamovian güt (“good”), Yiddish גוט (gut, “good”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish god (“good”), Elfdalian guoð (“good”), Faroese, Icelandic góður (“good”), Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gōþs, “good”), Vandalic *guths (“good”), Russian го́дный (gódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”), Lithuanian guõdas (“virtue, honor”).

Sentences

" It has been a good game ," he says before he dies .

This no good alternative .

Temper is so good a thing that we should never lose it .

I would give a good review of the new TV I bought a week ago .

" If good things are coming , they will be a pleasant surprise ," said the seer .

I tell you that it's no good .