Good Definition

go͝od
best, better, goods, better 1
adjective
best, better, better 1
Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad or poor.
A good experience; good news from the hospital.
American Heritage
Suitable to a purpose; effective; efficient.
A lamp good to read by.
Webster's New World
Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing.
A good exterior paint; a good joke.
American Heritage
In accord with prevailing usage.
Good English.
Webster's New World
Clever or witty.
A good quip.
Webster's New World
noun
goods
Something good.
Webster's New World
A good, valuable, or useful part or aspect.
American Heritage
Welfare; benefit.
For the common good.
American Heritage
Goodness; virtue.
There is much good to be found in people.
American Heritage
A product that is bought and sold.
Frozen goods.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • just men
  • enemies of darkness
  • law-abiding citizens
  • God-fearing people
  • philanthropists
  • men of good will
  • the virtuous
  • the elect
  • children of light
  • the pious
  • goodness
  • worth
  • well-being
  • value
  • utility
adverb
Well, completely, fully, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
interjection
Used to express satisfaction, pleasure, agreement, etc. and, in some exclamatory phrases, to express surprise, consternation, etc.: orig. a euphemism for God.
Webster's New World
That is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
Good! I can leave now.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A surname​.

Wiktionary
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Wiktionary
verb

(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.

Wiktionary

(now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.

Wiktionary

(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.

Wiktionary

(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain.

Wiktionary
(now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
Wiktionary
idiom
as good as
  • Practically; nearly:

    as good as new.

American Heritage
but good
  • Used as an intensive:

    The pipe started to leak but good.

American Heritage
for good
  • Permanently; forever:

    I'm moving to Europe for good.

American Heritage
good and
  • Very; thoroughly:

    I'll do it when I'm good and ready.

American Heritage
no good
  • Worthless.
  • Futile; useless:

    It's no good arguing with them.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Good

Noun

Singular:
good
Plural:
goods

Adjective

Base Form:
good
Comparative:
better 1
Superlative:
best

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Good

Origin of Good

  • From Middle English good, from Old English gōd (“good, virtuous, desirable, favorable, salutary, pleasant, valid, efficient, suitable, considerable, sufficiently great”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”). Cognate with Scots guid (“good”), West Frisian goed (“good”), Dutch goed (“good”), Low German god (“good”), German gut (“good”), Danish and Swedish god (“good”), Icelandic góður (“good”), Lithuanian guõdas (“honor”), Albanian dial. hut (“good, fit, appropriate”), Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “pleasing time”) and годенъ (godenŭ, “fitting, suitable”), Sanskrit गद्य (gádhya, “fitting, suitable”). Related to gather.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English good, god, from Old English gōd (“a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good, goodness, welfare; virtue, ability, doughtiness; goods, property, wealth”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdą (“goods, belongings”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-, *gʰodʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English goode (“good, well”, adv), from the adjective. Compare Dutch goed (“good, well”, adv), German gut (“good, well”, adv), Danish godt (“good, well”, adv), Swedish godt (“good, well”, adv), all from the adjective.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English goden, godien, from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdōną (“to make better, improve”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good, favourable”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From English dialectal, from Middle English *goden, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish göda (“to fatten, fertilise, battle”), Danish gøde (“to fertilise, battle”), ultimately from the adjective. See above.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English gōd ghedh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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