Good Definition
- 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
- evil
- sin
- sinfulness
- immorality
- wickedness
- disadvantage
- failure
- detriment
- loss
- the sinful
- the wicked
- rascal
- bad
(now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.
- Practically; nearly:
as good as new.
- Used as an intensive:
The pipe started to leak but good.
- Permanently; forever:
I'm moving to Europe for good.
- Very; thoroughly:
I'll do it when I'm good and ready.
- Worthless.
- Futile; useless:
It's no good arguing with them.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Good
- as good as
- but good
- for good
- good and
- no good
- to the good
- as good as
- come to no good
- for good (and all)
- good and
- good for
- good for someone!
- no good
- the good
- to the good
Origin of Good
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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