well

Meaning

Adv

1. Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
2. Completely, fully.
3. To a significant degree.
4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
5. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.

Adj

1. In good health.
2. (hypercorrect) Good, content.
3. (uncommon) Prudent; good; well-advised.
4. (archaic) Good to eat; tasty, delicious.

Intj

1. Used as a discourse marker.
2. Used as a discourse marker.
3. Used as a discourse marker.
4. An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
5. An exclamation of indignance.
6. (Ireland) Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
7. Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.

Noun

1. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
2. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
3. A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
4. (figuratively) A source of supply.
5. A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
6. The cockpit of a sailboat.
7. A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
8. A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
9. A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
10. An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
11. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
12. The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
13. A well drink.
14. The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
15. In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
16. The region of an interface that contains tabs.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
2. (intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface.

Synonyms

healthy

⚕️

good

👍

properly

so

spring

nicely

fine

then

now

thoroughly

sound

🔉

all right

yes

shaft

pit

in good health

well then

carefully

excellently

oh

right

indeed

beautifully

waterhole

okay

fountain

⛲

source

nice

skillfully

OK

🆗

rightly

much

ok

🆗

pond

pool

splendidly

really

very well

completely

very

come on

easily

wellspring

hole

🕳️

correctly

hale

happy

😀

whole

fit

ably

Translations

bien

👍

puits

bien

pozo

Brunnen

gut

👍

bene

pozzo

bem

poço

wel

source

bon

👍

eh bien

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɛl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wel

Inherited from Old English: wel

Cognate with Scots: wele

Cognate with Northern Frisian: wel

Cognate with Western Frisian: wol

Cognate with Dutch: wel

Cognate with Low German: wol

Cognate with German: wol

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Danish: vel

Cognate with Swedish: väl

Cognate with Icelandic: vel

Inherited from Middle English: welle

Inherited from Old English: wielle

Cognate with Western Frisian: wel

Cognate with German: Welle

Cognate with Danish: væld

Cognate with Icelandic: vella

Inherited from Middle English: wellen

Inherited from Old English: weallan

Cognate with German: wallen

Cognate with Danish: vælde

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: vella

Cognate with Albanian: valë

In summary

From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel (“well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, *wala (“well”, literally “as wished, as desired”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“wish, desire”).
Cognate with Scots wele, weil (“well”), North Frisian wel, weil, wal (“well”), West Frisian wol (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), Low German wol (“well”), German wohl (“well”), Norwegian and Danish vel (“well”), Swedish väl (“well”), Icelandic vel, val (“well”). Related to will.

Sentences

The next day , the boy returned to the well , hoping to see the girl .

As his reputation grew , job offers did as well .

At that time , he observed , Democracy works well in Turkey .

The software was well received , and people began contributing to its development .

As well as Diptera he collected Lepidoptera .

Meanwhile , Patrese got past Piquet as well and set off after the Jordan .