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good en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɡʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɡʊd/ (Australia, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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 goud, gud, guid, gur, gödj, gööd (“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 (“good”), Dutch Low Saxon good (“good”), German gut (“good”), Limburgish good, gott (“good”), Low German god, goot, got, gued (“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 and Icelandic góður (“good”), Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gōþs, “good”), Vandalic *guths (“good”); also Albanian nge (“chance, leisure, opportunity, time”), Latvian gods (“honor”), Lithuanian guõdas (“nobleness, virtue; glory, honour”), Belarusian го́дны (hódny, “worthy”), Bulgarian го́ден (góden, “fit, suitable”), Czech hodný (“good, kind”), Polish godny, godzien (“dignified, worthy”), Russian го́дный (gódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”), Ukrainian гі́дний (hídnyj, “deserving, worthy”), го́дний (hódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”).

Meanings

  1. Of a person or an animal: ▸ Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
    • When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy. 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter 6, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
    • c. 1525, The Example of Euyll Tongues, page a3 rectoː Yf ony man wolde begynne his synnes to reny / Or ony good people that fro vyce dyde refrayne / What so euer he were that to vertue wolde applye / But an yll tonge wyll all ouer throwe agayne If any man would begin to renounce his sins, / Or any good people who refrained from vice, / Whatsoever he who wished to apply himself to virtue might be, / Still an ill tongue would overthrow it all again.
    • good intentions
  2. Of a person or an animal: ▸ Competent or talented.
    • Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall. 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
    • a good swimmer
    • Flatter him it may, I confess, (as those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else,) but in the meantime the poor man is left under the fatal necessity of a needless delusion 1704, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached on Several Occasions, On the nature and measure of conscience:
    • And Marsha says I am a good cook! 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  3. Of a person or an animal: ▸ Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
    • Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it.
  4. Of a person or an animal: ▸ Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
    • Be good while your mother and I are out.
    • Were you a good boy for the babysitter?
    • All my life I've been good / But now I'm thinking, "What the hell" 2011, “What the Hell”, in Goodbye Lullaby, performed by Avril Lavigne:
  5. (US) Of a person or an animal: ▸ Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
    • Gimme another beer! — I think you're good.
    • Would you like a glass of water? — I'm good.
    • [Are] you good? — Yeah, I'm fine.
  6. (colloquial, with with) Of a person or an animal: ▸ Accepting of, OK with
    • My mother said she's good with me being alone with my date as long as she's met them first.
    • The soup is rather spicy. Are you good with that, or would you like something else?
  7. (archaic) Of a person or an animal: ▸ Of high rank or birth.
    • Thou art a Traitor, and a Miſcreant; Too good to be ſo, and too bad to liue, Since the more faire and chriſtall is the skie, The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, columns 1–2:
  8. Of a capability: ▸ Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
    • it’s a good watch;  the flashlight batteries are still good
    • 1526, Herballː Against cough and scarceness of breath caused of cold take the drink that it hath been sodden in with Liquorice[,] or that the powder hath been sodden in with dry figs[,] for the same the electuary called dyacalamentum is good[,] and it is made thus.
    • Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation,[…]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe. 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
  9. Of a capability: ▸ Effective.
    • There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls. 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0091:
    • a good worker
  10. (obsolete) Of a capability: ▸ Real; actual; serious.
    • in good sooth
    • Love no man in good earnest. c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
  11. Of a property or quality: ▸ Of food: ▸ Having a particularly pleasant taste.
    • The food was very good.
  12. Of a property or quality: ▸ Of food: ▸ Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
    • Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow.
  13. Of a property or quality: ▸ Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
    • The bread is still good.
  14. Of a property or quality: ▸ Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
    • This coupon is good for a free doughnut.
  15. Of a property or quality: ▸ True, valid, of explanatory strength.
    • Twinnia biclavata differs from T. nova by inversion IS-1 and a nucleolar shift. Both are good species. 1966, K. Rothfels, Margaret Freeman, “The salivary gland chromosomes of three North American species of Twinnia (Diptera: Simuliidae)”, in Canadian Journal of Zoology, volume 44, number 5, →DOI:
    • This theory still holds good even if much higher temperatures are assumed.
  16. Of a property or quality: ▸ Right, proper, as it should be.
    • It is not good to be alone, / to walk here in this worthely wone, / In all this welthly wyn; 15th c., “[The Creation]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 6, lines 184–185:
    • If all was good and fair we met, ⁠This earth had been the Paradise ⁠It never look’d to human eyes Since Adam left his garden yet. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 41:
  17. Of a property or quality: ▸ Healthful.
    • Exercise and a varied diet are good for you.
  18. Of a property or quality: ▸ Pleasant; enjoyable.
    • We had a good time.
  19. Of a property or quality: ▸ Favorable.
    • a good omen;  good weather
    • Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:
  20. Of a property or quality: ▸ Unblemished; honourable.
    • a person's good name
  21. Of a property or quality: ▸ Beneficial; worthwhile.
    • a good job
  22. Of a property or quality: ▸ Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
    • [I]f thou ask me why, / Sufficeth my reaſons are both good and waighty. c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 212, column 2:
  23. (colloquial, qualifier:when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
    • The soup is good and hot.
  24. (colloquial) Ready.
    • I'm good when you are.
    • The reports are good to go.
  25. Holy (especially when capitalized) .
    • Good Friday, Good Wednesday, the Good Book
  26. Of a quantity: ▸ Reasonable in amount.
    • all in good time
  27. Of a quantity: ▸ Large in amount or size.
    • a good while longer
    • a good number of seeds
    • The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,[…]. 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter III, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
    • He's had a good amount of troubles, he has.
    • A good part of his day was spent shopping.
    • It will be a good while longer until he's done.
  28. Of a quantity: ▸ Full; entire; at least as much as.
    • This hill will take a good hour and a half to climb.
    • Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn. 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:
    • The car was a good ten miles away.
  29. (qualifier:stressed form) Special, best, favorite.
    • No, not that one. That's my good shirt I only wear for special occasions.
    • Shoot! A tear. And these are my good jeans.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
better Degree=Cmp lexicographic
gooder Degree=Cmp humorous, nonstandard lexicographic
goodest Degree=Sup humorous, nonstandard lexicographic
goode alternative, obsolete lexicographic
gooid alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic
gud Internet, alternative, nonstandard lexicographic
best Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

disagreeable · horrible · awful · poor (antonym(s) of “having positive attributes”) · evil (antonym(s) of “ethical”) · bad (antonym(s) of “ethical”) · detestable · bad (antonym(s) of “having positive attributes”) · terrible · dreadful · unsatisfactory

Deriveds

good value · good word · good-brother · gooden · show someone a good time · positional good · good deal · good-humoured · good tidings · talk a good game · make good one's running · pass a good time · give a good damn · good cess · a good few · get out while the getting's good · private good · I'm good · hold good · the fox may grow grey but never good · it's an ill wind that blows no one any good · good faith · good-time Charlie · good job · producer's good · good fences make good neighbours · good sort · for good · a good many · good humor · perfect is the enemy of good · do more harm than good · good looker · good voice to beg bacon · good head on one's shoulders · finished good · good and proper · good enough to eat · Small Party of Good Boys · make good on · good trouble · good to go · in good time · club good · good egg · for no good reason · better is the enemy of good · good leaver · smallgood · scrape-good · perfect is the enemy of good enough · good news · good eve · good times · normal good · you have to be good to be lucky · good for someone · do a power of good · come good · good-evening · good old · good drunk · good heavens · good-luck bone · quite good · inferior good · no good deed goes unpunished · nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American public · good as gold · luxury good · good-humouredness · in good sorts · good doctor · the good die young · 'sall good · the best is the enemy of the good · Good-Henry · goodify · good ending · spend good money after bad · hellagood · good-good · every good boy does fine · as good as it gets · good old boy · good humour · stand in good stead · what's the good of · go gentle into that good night · a nod is as good as a wink · good money · baked good · good hands · ungood · stroygood · turn to good account · a bad tree does not yield good apples · perfection is the enemy of good · what good is · good offices · any good · that's a good one · good graces · think good · good one · good cop · anti-good · good time Charley · good cop/bad cop · make good time · much good may it do someone · goodbye · feel-good · give a good account of oneself · a good deed is its own reward · good-timer · as good as · good Lord · fat lot of good · you're good · goodless · godwit · ultragood · your guess is as good as mine · streak of good luck · do good · complementary good · good thing · good run · good-sized · have a good one · for one's own good · the road to hell is paved with good intentions · pitch good money after bad · good question · romping good · goodification · on someone's good side · finger-lickin' good · a good deal · nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American people · good willer · good weather · good heav'ns · good cop–bad cop · what's good · good now · good time coming · good breath · good shit · good-mindedness · good-by · every good boy deserves favor · good on someone · stry-good · a change is as good as a rest · good gracious · no good deed ever goes unpunished · good will · good wine needs no bush · any press is good press · waste-good · grave-good · goodsire · in good spirits · good works · good coin · have a good weekend · pure good · good folk · good-natured · good bishop · good enough for jazz · good boy · good gravy · overgood · in good part · good cookie · good language · good-humored · good-time girl · goodwill ambassador · scattergood · good-time · goodman · grave good · deal a good hand · good-humour · a good beginning makes a good ending · Veblen good · make-good · have a good mind to · for the love of all that is good · good fences make good neighbors · good ol' · something good · have something on good authority · Goodbody · good law · in good repair · good things come in small packages · good length · for good or ill · demerit good · good-cop/bad-cop · good-humor · good-humoredly · good as new · you can't keep a good man down · do well by doing good · good riddings · agood · there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle · superior good · good morn · good nature · good laugh · good form · good for a laugh · good boi · chaotic good · good going · goodness · good-day · all good things must come to an end · good-cop-bad-cop · good time girl · bad money drives out good · all good in the hood · as good as new · good riddance to bad rubbish · one good turn deserves another · good as one's word · will the good of another · good day · it's an ill wind that blows no good · producer good · double-plus-good · goodly · good loser · in good stead · ungodly · good cause · good morrow · good house · makegood · good old days · good sport · Giffen good · all publicity is good publicity · no good ass · up to no good · make a good fist of · supergood · lawful good · for good and all · let the door hit you where the good Lord split you · in good odour · common good · nongood · good-time Charley · your good self · the job's a good 'un · every good boy deserves fudge · very good · good book · in good hands · job's a good 'un · waste good · good oil · capital good · good night's sleep · good old boy network · every good boy deserves food · letter of good conduct · well and good · good-heartedness · no-good ass · good-naturedness · good man · good God · jolly good show · stroy-good · feelgoodery · good boys deserve fudge always · come from a good place · the perfect is the enemy of the good · good enough for government work · good black don't crack · good time Charlie · Toogood · good manners · in good conscience · to the good · good-for-nothing · good luck · good-neighbourly · who's a good boy · Joan's as good as my lady in the dark · good morning · let the perfect be the enemy of the good · no good · it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good · goodsome · good good · good-bye · so far so good · a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse · in good odor · feel-good factor · fake good · good bye · good-tempered · good thinking · all-good · a miss is as good as a mile · good looking · every good boy deserves favour · good hair · last known good · haggaday · put to good account · good standing · on a good wicket · goodwill · good PM · keep good time · good golly · greater good · good Goddess · good girl · whatcha know good · digital good · good afternoon · good-fellowship · goodie · Good Queen Bess · wastegood · good-will · who's a good girl · good enough · twelve good men and true · goodthink · uber-good · let the good times roll · good grief · good girl art · goodt · merit good · no news is good news · make good · throw good money after bad · good ole boy · impulse good · a good look · good-king-henry · goodship · have a good time of it · good speed · the better is the enemy of the good · with good grace · the best defense is a good offense · good things come to those who wait · put in a good word · good-ass · good-heartedly · durable good · keep good hours · walk good · good for nothing · good cholesterol · goodo · goodfic · good time · good looks · your good name · neutral good · good liking · put to good use · good fortune · have a good time · on good terms · good-minded · Good Friday · good and · any exposure is good exposure · Goodlad · my good man · good noon · deficit good · good-bad · all in good time · goodish · every good boy deserves fun · good sense · goodput · good people · good as wheat in the bin · good cop bad cop · today is a good day to die · good-night · good riddance · no-good · good-naturedly · good game · good-temperedness · substitute good · all good things come to an end · good bet · a good conscience is a soft pillow · certificate of good conduct · good delivery · good turn · good ole · goody · good-humouredly · good-humoredness · do the power of good · good lack · good-size · in good voice · Good Forest · good-hearted · give as good as one gets · good life · good name · good-cop bad-cop · good spirits · good try · in good bread · public good · give a good goddamn · be good for · dogoodery · the good doctor · good article · good ol' boy · all good · in good season · in one's own good time · pay good money after bad · good-for-naught · good books · good guy · goodwife · good things come in threes · enough is as good as a feast · do someone's heart good · too good to last · good press · all good things · goodful · only the good die young · good lick · good-neighborliness · goodnight · good leg · go at a good clip · good cop-bad cop · good night · good old times · you're only as good as your last shift · good-for-nothingness · your money is no good here · too good to be true · goodhearted · fight the good fight · good-lookingness · with good reason · good-o · for good measure · consumer good · good-looking · there's a good time coming · badbye · good evening · Good Samaritan · too much of a good thing · what's good for the goose is good for the gander · good work · the great and the good · it's all good · good-neighbourliness · good-byer · goodset · hunger is a good sauce · too good for this world · good class bungalow · make the perfect the enemy of the good · good-den · good show · goodfella · Good

Descendants

gud · гутъ · gud · гудъ · gud

Hyponyms

satisfactory

Relateds

intermediate · goodness · moderate

Synonyms

splendid · stupendous · amazing · incredible · heavenlike · goodness (acting in the interest of good; ethical) · brilliant · awesome · outstanding · beatific · great · enjoyable · phenomenal · wondrous · dandy as candy · tubular · gratifying · satisfying · fantastic · nice · commendable · all right · neat · blissful · accomplished (competent or talented) · super · fabulous · sweet · bodacious · satisfactory · lovely · sweet as a nut · good as wheat in the bin · fine · wonderful · positive · agreeable · bene · magnificent · delightful · acceptable · well (healthful) · celestial · goloptious · excellent · terrific · stellar · as fine as Dick's hatband · pleasant · not bad (having positive attributes) · perfect · rad · heavenly · marvelous · bona · goated · solid · pleasing · superb · radical · wicked · decent · right as rain · exceptional · divine · cool

Translations (804)

aeb باهي (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sl dóber (favorable) · pl dobry (favorable) · de gehörig (well-behaved) · xal сән (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ca bo (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · mn ᠰᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠨ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · cs chutný (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · ja 良い (favorable) · bo ཡག་པོ (pleasant; enjoyable) · sv nyttig (healthful) · ngh ǃaba (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · orv хорошь (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · tpw katu (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ru доброка́чественный (useful for a particular purpose) · zh(useful for a particular purpose) · ckb باش (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lv efektīvs (effective) · kaw bĕcik (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ru го́дный (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · pl dobry (full; entire; at least) · acm مليح (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · el αγαθός (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · mzn خار (healthful) · pt bom (of people, competent or talented) · ja 良い (useful for a particular purpose) · ca bo (favorable) · ilo naimbag (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · km គ្រប់គ្រាន់ (useful for a particular purpose) · hi अच्छा (favorable) · sco guid (pleasant; enjoyable) · pt bom (beneficial; worthwhile) · ru неплохо́й (useful for a particular purpose) · lb gutt (useful for a particular purpose) · fr bon (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · syl ꠜꠣꠟꠣ (useful for a particular purpose) · vi giỏi (of people, competent or talented) · oaa аја (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · io kompetenta (of people, competent or talented) · bg добъ́р (of people, competent or talented) · nb dyktig (of people, competent or talented) · da god (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · yue(acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · fr bon (of people, competent or talented) · hy լավ (pleasant; enjoyable) · sh dobar (beneficial; worthwhile) · ka კარგი (useful for a particular purpose) · nl goed (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · el καλός (useful for a particular purpose) · it ottimo (effective) · mr भली (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · mqy di'a (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · de gut (effective) · es bueno (useful for a particular purpose) · sh čedno (pleasant; enjoyable) · ebk ammay (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · rap riva (useful for a particular purpose) · pt bom (pleasant; enjoyable) · ja 旨い (of people, competent or talented) · da god (effective) · sh dȍbar (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · hu(full; entire; at least) · ccc pewa (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · mhn guat (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · he טוֹב (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · pt bom (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nb sunn (healthful) · ca bon (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · es fetén (pleasant; enjoyable) · sh ùkusan (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · dsb dobry (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · it salutare (healthful) · de brav (well-behaved) · pap bon (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lb gutt (healthful) · lv labs (pleasant; enjoyable) · sk dobrý (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · it mangiabile (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · mrw mapia (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · gd math (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ga maith (useful for a particular purpose) · cs dobrý (of people, competent or talented) · mr चांगले (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · pa ਚੰਗਾ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lv vērtīgs (healthful) · hi अच्छे (healthful) · lld bon (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nl goed (favorable) · frp bon (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · grc ἀγαθός (useful for a particular purpose) · hi अच्छे (beneficial; worthwhile) · cs dobrý (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lo ດີ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sl dóber (effective) · ko 좋은 (useful for a particular purpose) · gd math (beneficial; worthwhile) · sv bra (healthful) · rup bun (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nn god (useful for a particular purpose) · nl goed (effective) · ca bo (beneficial; worthwhile) · lv labs (useful for a particular purpose) · pis gudfala (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · bn স্বাস্থ্যকর (healthful) · sa साधु (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sv bra (of people, competent or talented) · ru иску́сный (of people, competent or talented) · sah үчүгэй (useful for a particular purpose) · da god (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · hsb dobry (beneficial; worthwhile) · th ดี (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · io bona (favorable) · ar حَسَن (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · gd math (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · te మంచి (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · kum яхшы (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · agj ጥሩ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ky жакшы (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nod ᨯᩦ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · cy da (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · io bona (useful for a particular purpose) · uk до́брий (useful for a particular purpose) · sl dóber (beneficial; worthwhile) · cs dobrý (pleasant; enjoyable) · lv labs (of people, competent or talented) · br mat (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · hi उत्तम (healthful) · tl may bisa (effective) · th ดูดี (useful for a particular purpose) · yue(acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · scn bonu (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · bn নেক (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sh vàljān (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · fur bon (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nb flink (of people, competent or talented) · ar مزِيان (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · hi अच्छी (beneficial; worthwhile) · ln -lamu (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · uk смачни́й (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · da god (favorable) · da god (useful for a particular purpose) · ru поле́зный (healthful) · sw mzuri (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · sh zdrav (healthful) · bg добъ́р (useful for a particular purpose) · to lelei (useful for a particular purpose) · ar طَيِّب (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nl goed (useful for a particular purpose) · de gut (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · et hea (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · da dygtig (of people, competent or talented) · io salubra (healthful) · fi mukava (pleasant; enjoyable) · tg хуб (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ar ملِيح (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sq mirë (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sv bra (beneficial; worthwhile) · ru приго́дный (useful for a particular purpose) · sw njema (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · tr iyi (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · evn ая (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · pl dobry (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · tl mabait (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nl goed (healthful) · vi khá (of people, competent or talented) · pt boa (effective) · arc טבא (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · bg доброка́чествен (useful for a particular purpose) · zh(acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ady шӏу (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · bg добъ́р (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · io bona (pleasant; enjoyable) · nb god (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · eo bona (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ar زين (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · fi hyvä (effective) · frr gödj (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ug ياخشى (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ca bo (useful for a particular purpose) · pl dobry (useful for a particular purpose) · hi अच्छी (useful for a particular purpose) · svs dai (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · otk 𐰓𐰏𐰇 (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nl goed (beneficial; worthwhile) · gu સારું (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · fr bon (favorable) · cdo(acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · tr iyi (of people, competent or talented) · atv чакшы (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sh pouzdano (favorable) · tr iyi (pleasant; enjoyable) · kne piya (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · tr efendi (well-behaved) · nl goed (of people, competent or talented) · mr भला (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · rup bun (useful for a particular purpose) · sv bra (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · te అభిమానము (favorable) · gun porã (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lv labs (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · io efektema (effective) · sv god (beneficial; worthwhile) · tet di'ak (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · cu добръ (useful for a particular purpose) · kpv бур (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nv yáʼátʼééh (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · el καλός (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · su hadé (of people, competent or talented) · cy da (pleasant; enjoyable) · uga 𐎉𐎁 (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · la bonus (favorable) · sh dobro (effective) · gl bo (healthful) · kn ಉತ್ತಮ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ps ښه (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · fr bon (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · io bona (beneficial; worthwhile) · pon mwahu (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nl goed (pleasant; enjoyable) · zh хо (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ro bun (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ar ملِيح (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lv labvēlīgs (favorable) · ca bo (effective) · is góður (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ru хоро́ший (beneficial; worthwhile) · ngh tsyhînki (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · te తాజా (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · hu(full; entire; at least) · dsb dobry (beneficial; worthwhile) · de gut (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · it buono (useful for a particular purpose) · tk ýagşy (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · nb god (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · sh spretna (of people, competent or talented) · grc ἐσθλός (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · bua һайн (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · gd math (healthful) · sw nzuri (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · zza weş (diq) (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · tvl lelei (useful for a particular purpose) · hy բարի (favorable) · mww zoo (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ps ښه (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · sh dobar (favorable) · cs dobrý (beneficial; worthwhile) · he טוב (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · vi tuyệt (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · uk до́брий (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · os хорз (useful for a particular purpose) · ngh ǂhu (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ota ایو (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · fr bon (healthful) · cy da (effective) · alt јакшы (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · bg го́ден (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · sw mzuri (favorable) · oc bon (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · got 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · gl bo (effective) · cic chokma (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · pt bom (favorable) · bo བཟང (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · es bueno (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · cy da (favorable) · oj mino- (pleasant; enjoyable) · got 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (useful for a particular purpose) · ja いい (pleasant; enjoyable) · ru неиспо́рченный (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · fi hyvä (of people, competent or talented) · pt boa (pleasant; enjoyable) · ru хоро́ший (favorable) · grc ἀγαθός (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ps ښه (of people, competent or talented) · pl dobry (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ja 美味しい (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · ca bo (pleasant; enjoyable) · fa خوب (useful for a particular purpose) · it favorevole (favorable) · ruo bur (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · he טעים (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · sl dóber (healthful) · ko 맛있다 (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · he טוב (of people, competent or talented) · sh pouzdana (beneficial; worthwhile) · dsb dobry (of people, competent or talented) · gd math (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · qu sumaq (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · es fetén (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · dlm buna (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · hi अच्छे (useful for a particular purpose) · tl mabuti (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · eo bona (pleasant; enjoyable) · te శక్తివంతము (effective) · es dársele bien (of people, competent or talented) · fi hyvä (useful for a particular purpose) · zh(acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · bn কার্যকর (effective) · he טוב (favorable) · hi ख़ूब (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ml നല്ലത് (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · gl bo (beneficial; worthwhile) · sco guid (effective) · gd math (effective) · pt boa (of people, competent or talented) · nn sunn (healthful) · it buono (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · acm زين (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · kbd фӏы (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · se buorrẹ (useful for a particular purpose) · uk до́брий (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · tpi gutpela (effective) · es bueno (of people, competent or talented) · hi उत्तम (favorable) · ar جَيِّد (useful for a particular purpose) · ar صَالِح (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ofs gōd (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lb gutt (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · cs dobrý (effective) · hy լավ (effective) · dsb dobry (effective) · ps ښه (effective) · hi अच्छा (of people, competent or talented) · az xeyir (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · gl bo (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · za ndei (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · fi kiltti (well-behaved) · ru хоро́ший (useful for a particular purpose) · bh नीमन (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · cop ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · hi उत्तम (pleasant; enjoyable) · hi पसंद (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · vi tốt (useful for a particular purpose) · mnc ᠰᠠᡳᠨ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · got 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (pleasant; enjoyable) · hsb dobry (effective) · khb ᦡᦲ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · hi अच्छे (pleasant; enjoyable) · mk вкусен (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · it buono (pleasant; enjoyable) · lv labs (favorable) · hi कर्माकारी (effective) · rm bun (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · mhn guat (pleasant; enjoyable) · sco guid (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · he טוב (pleasant; enjoyable) · yi גוט (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sh dȍbar (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · pl dobry (effective) · vot üvä (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · cs dobrý (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · pt bom (effective) · te నీతి (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · uz yaxshi (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · chr ᎣᏍᏓ (useful for a particular purpose) · dsb dobry (useful for a particular purpose) · so wanaagsan (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · zea goed (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sv bra (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lv labs (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lv labs (beneficial; worthwhile) · mbb me'upiya (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ruo bbur (useful for a particular purpose) · pt bom (healthful) · ps ښه (pleasant; enjoyable) · ast bonu (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ngh tsyînkhi (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sv bra (useful for a particular purpose) · sl dóber (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · su saé (favorable) · hi अच्छा (healthful) · fa نیک (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sco guid (of people, competent or talented) · te మంచిది (useful for a particular purpose) · hi अच्छी (of people, competent or talented) · grc ἐσθλός (useful for a particular purpose) · ja 良い (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · be до́бры (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lmo bón (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ps ښه (healthful) · mk добар (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · hy լավ (favorable) · yai хуб (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sh korisna (beneficial; worthwhile) · fi runsas (full; entire; at least) · fr bon (beneficial; worthwhile) · pdt goot (nds) (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · lv veselīgs (healthful) · zh(acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · hi उपयोगकार (beneficial; worthwhile) · lb gutt (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · hy լավ (beneficial; worthwhile) · cs dobrý (useful for a particular purpose) · sv god (favorable) · gd math (pleasant; enjoyable) · egy nfr-f:r (pleasant; enjoyable) · ar منيح (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · it bravo (effective) · so wacan (pleasant; enjoyable) · ja 良い (pleasant; enjoyable) · vi ngon (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · he טוב (healthful) · fur bon (useful for a particular purpose) · zh 好吃 (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · cy da (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ht bon (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sco guid (useful for a particular purpose) · es bueno (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · ja いい (favorable) · oj mino- (useful for a particular purpose) · fr sage (well-behaved) · tzo lek (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · it buono (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · fa خوب (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sw mzuri (beneficial; worthwhile) · mt tajjeb (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · fi hyvä (healthful) · ro bună (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · bg добъ́р (favorable) · sl dóber (pleasant; enjoyable) · nn flink (of people, competent or talented) · sw mzuri (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · su saé (pleasant; enjoyable) · da sund (healthful) · hi खूब (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sv god (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · fr bon (useful for a particular purpose) · dsb dobry (pleasant; enjoyable) · ps ښه (useful for a particular purpose) · wym güt (useful for a particular purpose) · de gut (pleasant; enjoyable) · gl bo (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ro bun (useful for a particular purpose) · hi अच्छी (pleasant; enjoyable) · hit 𒀀𒀸𒋗𒍑 (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ta நன்மை (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · id bagus (useful for a particular purpose) · hy բարի (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ps ښه (favorable) · ce дика (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · gl bo (favorable) · gl bo (of people, competent or talented) · cu добръ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · de gut (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · ko 좋은 (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · si හොඳ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ps ښه (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · sh zdravo (healthful) · ar كويس (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · es bueno (healthful) · sh у̀кусан (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · de gut (healthful) · nv yáʼátʼééh (pleasant; enjoyable) · ru хоро́ший (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · meu namo (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sh dȍbar (useful for a particular purpose) · yrl katú (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · kk жақсы (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · af goed (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · pl smaczny (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · hi शक्तिवंत (effective) · pdt goot (nds) (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · fi hyvä (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · sw mzuri (effective) · mr चांगली (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ota یخشی (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · shn လီ (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · dsb dobry (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · hi उत्तम (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · my ကောင်း (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · tr terbiyeli (well-behaved) · vec bon (useful for a particular purpose) · sh dobro (healthful) · zdj -ema (useful for a particular purpose) · vi khá (effective) · io benigna (pleasant; enjoyable) · bn ভাল (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · hi अच्छा (useful for a particular purpose) · gl boa (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · rom laćho (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · non góðr (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · fi hyvä (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · vi tốt (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · ur بَھلا (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · az yaxşı (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · liv jõvā (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · hi उत्तम (of people, competent or talented) · he טוב (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) · emx latxo (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) · fi kiva (pleasant; enjoyable) · ru здоро́вый (healthful) · dsb dobry (healthful) · nv yáʼátʼééh (useful for a particular purpose) · fi hyvä (favorable) · sh dobro (pleasant; enjoyable) · gl bo (pleasant; enjoyable) · he מוצלח (beneficial; worthwhile) · hy լավ (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) · nn god (pleasant; enjoyable) · lb gesond (healthful)

good en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɡʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɡʊd/ (Australia, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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 goud, gud, guid, gur, gödj, gööd (“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 (“good”), Dutch Low Saxon good (“good”), German gut (“good”), Limburgish good, gott (“good”), Low German god, goot, got, gued (“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 and Icelandic góður (“good”), Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gōþs, “good”), Vandalic *guths (“good”); also Albanian nge (“chance, leisure, opportunity, time”), Latvian gods (“honor”), Lithuanian guõdas (“nobleness, virtue; glory, honour”), Belarusian го́дны (hódny, “worthy”), Bulgarian го́ден (góden, “fit, suitable”), Czech hodný (“good, kind”), Polish godny, godzien (“dignified, worthy”), Russian го́дный (gódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”), Ukrainian гі́дний (hídnyj, “deserving, worthy”), го́дний (hódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”).

Meanings

  1. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
    • Good! I can leave now.

Forms

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gooid alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic
gud Internet, alternative, nonstandard lexicographic
goode alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Translations (14)

da godt (exclamation of satisfaction) · fr bon (exclamation of satisfaction) · ca bo (exclamation of satisfaction) · ar حَسَنًا (exclamation of satisfaction) · fi hyvä (exclamation of satisfaction) · nl goed (exclamation of satisfaction) · es bien (exclamation of satisfaction) · tr güzel (exclamation of satisfaction) · tr iyi (exclamation of satisfaction) · pa ودھیا (exclamation of satisfaction) · pa ਵਧੀਆ (exclamation of satisfaction) · ota كوزل (exclamation of satisfaction) · cmn 好的 (exclamation of satisfaction) · sv vad bra (exclamation of satisfaction)

good en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɡʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɡʊd/ (Australia, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English goode (“good, well”, adverb), from the adjective. Compare Dutch goed (“good, well”, adverb), German gut (“good, well”, adverb), Danish godt (“good, well”, adverb), Swedish gott (“good, well”, adverb), all from the adjective.

Meanings

  1. (informal, proscribed, sometimes) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
    • Admiral Anderson: You did good, child. You did good. I'm proud of you. 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel (Priority: Earth):
    • The boy done good.
    • If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good. You're big enough to do it. 1906, Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley:
    • I got in good with my new boss.
    • She said, "I don't want to bother you / Consider it's understood / I know I'm not no beauty queen / But I sure can listen good." 1972, Harry Chapin, “A Better Place to Be”, in Sniper and Other Love Songs:
    • When you're cleaning these racks, you've got to get in there good, because the quality system specifies it.
    • This recipe calls for a good-sized chunk of chocolate.
    • I kept my eyes peeled for signs of pursuit. There was none, unless I was being fooled very good. 1970, Troy Conway, The Cunning Linguist, London: Flamingo Books, page 66:
    • "They're travellin' good now. We'll leave them be." 2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 14:
    • The one thing that we can't do...is throw out the baby with the bathwater.... We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this...high-quality website. 2007 April 19, Jimmy Wales, “Jimmy Wales on the User-Generated Generation”, Fresh Air, WHYY, Pennsylvania https://web.archive.org/web/20070423020137/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874
    • Marsellus fucked him up good. Word 'round the campfire is it was on account of Marsellus Wallace's wife. 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):

Forms

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best Degree=Sup lexicographic
better Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

a good many · but good

good en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɡʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɡʊd/ (Australia, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Inherited 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”). Compare German Gut (“item of merchandise; estate; property”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
    • AI engineers hold in their hands the power to do extraordinary good—closing gaps in education, unlocking medical breakthroughs, accelerating climate solutions—or, if they lose sight of the people their creations serve, to cause deep harm. 2025 August 27, Dana Suskind, “AI Engineers Need Their Own Hippocratic Oath. Here’s What It Should Say”, in TIME, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
    • And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  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.
    • The best is the enemy of the good.
    • He is an influence for good on those girls.
    • […]the government must be a weak one indeed, if it should forget that the good of the whole can only be promoted by advancing the good of each of the parts or members which compose the whole. 1788, John Jay, The Federalist Papers, number 64:
    • There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 4:6:
  4. (countable, plural-normally) An item of merchandise.
    • Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  5. (countable, plural-normally) An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
goods Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

bad · bad · evil

Coordinates

service

Deriveds

picker-to-goods · goods-to-person · G2P · producers' good · goods-to-picker · consumer goods · capital goods · item of merchandise · consumption good

Translations (99)

sh pouzdan (good result) · fr bien (item of merchandise) · sl dôbro (good result) · ca bona (the forces of good) · sw mara moja (the forces of good) · ca bo (good result) · cy da (the forces of good) · th ความดี (the forces of good) · fa خیر (the forces of good) · cy daioni (the forces of good) · ia ben (the forces of good) · it bene (item of merchandise) · ro bine (the forces of good) · mi hautaonga (item of merchandise) · sl dôbro (the forces of good) · bg добро (the forces of good) · ar سِلْعَة (item of merchandise) · da godhed (the forces of good) · pt bem (item of merchandise) · pl dobro (the forces of good) · dsb dobre (the forces of good) · es bien (the forces of good) · nl goed (item of merchandise) · cy nwydd (item of merchandise) · war kaupayan (the forces of good) · mk добро (the forces of good) · pt vantagem (good result) · fi hyvä (the forces of good) · cs dobro (good result) · ca bo (the forces of good) · da gode (good result) · lus ţha (the forces of good) · hi नेकी (the forces of good) · hu(the forces of good) · pl dobroć (the forces of good) · lv labais (the forces of good) · fi kauppatavara (item of merchandise) · de das Gute (the forces of good) · mww qhov zoo (the forces of good) · id bagus (good result) · cho achukma (good result) · sw mzuri (good result) · el αγαθό (item of merchandise) · ru прок (good result) · th ธรรม (the forces of good) · ro bun (the forces of good) · gd math (the forces of good) · ca(item of merchandise) · tr iyi (the forces of good) · sk dobro (the forces of good) · it bene (the forces of good) · oc ben (item of merchandise) · sco guid (the forces of good) · el καλός (the forces of good) · bg полза (good result) · fa نیکی (the forces of good) · ru толк (good result) · sh valjan (good result) · tt яхшылык (the forces of good) · el καλός (good result) · got 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸 (good result) · itk בֵינֵי (the forces of good) · fr bien (the forces of good) · ko 착함 (the forces of good) · fi tavara (item of merchandise) · alt јакшылык (the forces of good) · cho achukma (the forces of good) · la bonum (the forces of good) · cs dobro (the forces of good) · hi ख़ैर (the forces of good) · de Gut (item of merchandise) · la bona (the forces of good) · be дабро́ (the forces of good) · cmn(the forces of good) · gd math (good result) · nl goede (the forces of good) · ru добро́ (the forces of good) · es bien (item of merchandise) · bg стока (item of merchandise) · he טוב (the forces of good) · pt bem (the forces of good) · sco guid (good result) · ja(the forces of good) · sv godhet (the forces of good) · id baik (the forces of good) · sh dobro (the forces of good) · uk добро́ (the forces of good) · sv bra (good result) · ar خَيْر (the forces of good) · sh добро (the forces of good) · uga 𐎉𐎁 (the forces of good) · nl goed (the forces of good) · bg печалба (good result) · he טובה (the forces of good) · he טוב (the forces of good) · fi hyvä (good result) · sh dobar (good result) · hy բարի (the forces of good) · hi खैर (the forces of good)

good en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɡʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɡʊd/ (Australia, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English goden, godien, from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdōn (“to make better, improve”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good, favorable”).

Meanings

  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gooding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
goods Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gooded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gooded Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

gooding

good en · VERB · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɡʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɡʊd/ (Australia, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
    • April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard Nature was like itself , in it , in the world : God hath taken it in from the barren downs , and gooded it : his choice did not find , but make it thus

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gooding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
goods Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gooded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gooded Tense=Past lexicographic

good en · ADJ · etymology 6

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɡʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɡʊd/ (Australia, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Coined in reference to the phrase the only good nigger is a dead nigger, a popular saying among white supremacists.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, dialectal, ethnic, not-comparable, offensive, slur) Of a black person, dead or killed.
    • Another evil nigger made good. I love a good news story. 2008 October 17, Anthony X (Janet Arvizo is a disgusting liar, Tom Sneddon is a disgusting racist http://asb-comm-logic.com, “TNB: 36-year-old African American shot to death”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet):
    • The usual nigger nonsense from da fambly. He beez a good daddy to his keeids (I wonder how many more keeids this useless nigger has that the media didn't tell us about.) He wuz juss mindin' his own bidness when da popo got in da way. He din do nuffins. The BLM niggers and their lovers will be chimping out for sure. LEO's already have a tough job as it is, dealing with niggers has to be the worst part of the job. I'm glad that coon was made good. 2017 November 7, Casa de los peregrinos, “Groid rage motorist chimps out on motorist”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):
    • Bolsheviks have got to be in heat over this, a nigger with well over 40 arrests including violent assault is properly made good for threatening people on the subway, will the law abiding law defending hero be thrown under the bus to appease blacks [again]? 2023 May 4, JeSSe, “White US Marine kills black felon in self defense - BLM/antifa threaten riots if he is not arrested and found guilty”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet):
    • Sow Sheeboon Savannah Jeanne Walker of Louisville, KY was made good in a shooting at cRap show called 'A Boogie With The Hoodie' Saturday night at the Tim Faulkner Art Gallery. 5 other niggers were shot and are expected to survive. No suspooks have been captured. 2017 March 21, Rick Mathers, “6 Shitskin Boogs Shot At 'A Boogie With The Hoodie' Concert”, in alt.checkmate (Usenet):

Antonyms

disagreeable · horrible · awful · detestable · bad · terrible · dreadful · unsatisfactory

Deriveds

goodening

Hyponyms

satisfactory

Relateds

intermediate · goodness · moderate

Synonyms

splendid · stupendous · amazing · incredible · heavenlike · brilliant · awesome · outstanding · beatific · great · enjoyable · phenomenal · wondrous · dandy as candy · tubular · gratifying · satisfying · fantastic · nice · commendable · neat · blissful · super · not bad · fabulous · sweet · bodacious · decent · lovely · sweet as a nut · good as wheat in the bin · fine · wonderful · positive · agreeable · bene · magnificent · delightful · acceptable · all right · celestial · goloptious · excellent · terrific · stellar · as fine as Dick's hatband · pleasant · perfect · rad · heavenly · marvelous · bona · goated · solid · pleasing · superb · radical · wicked · right as rain · exceptional · well · divine · cool