good

adj

/ˈɡʊd//ɡʊd/

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, goei (“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, 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”).

derived from *gʰedʰ-✻ — “to unite, be associated, suit, fit”
inherited from *gōdaz✻ — “good”
inherited from *gōd✻
inherited from gōd
inherited from good

Definitions

1
Of a person or an animal
Of a person or an animal:
- good intentions
- When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.
2
Of a capability
Of a capability:
- it’s a good watch; the flashlight batteries are still good
3
Of a property or quality
Of a property or quality:
- The food was very good.
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1. 4
  Very, extremely. See good and.
  - The soup is good and hot.
2. 5
  Ready.
  - I'm good when you are.
  - The reports are good to go.
3. 6
  Holy (especially when capitalized) .
  - Good Friday, Good Wednesday, the Good Book
4. 7
  Of a quantity
  Of a quantity:
  - all in good time
5. 8
  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.
6. 9
  That is good
  That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
  - Good! I can leave now.
7. 10
  Well
  Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
  - When you're cleaning these racks, you've got to get in there good, because the quality system specifies it.
  - The boy done good.
  - This recipe calls for a good-sized chunk of chocolate.
8. 11
  The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others…
  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.
9. A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
10. 13
  The abstract instantiation of goodness
  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.
  - There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
11. 14
  An item of merchandise.
  - Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
12. An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).
13. To thrive
  To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
14. To make good
  To make good; turn to good; improve.
15. To make improvements or repairs.
16. To benefit
  To benefit; gain.
17. To do good to (someone)
  To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
18. To satisfy
  To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
19. To flatter
  To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
20. 23
  To furnish with dung
  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
21. 24
  Of a black person, dead or killed.
  - Another evil nigger made good. I love a good news story.
22. 25
  A surname.
  - As The New York Times reported, bystander footage filmed from several different angles shows that the agent who shot Good wasn’t in the path of her S.U.V. when he fired on her.
23. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
24. Plato's metaprinciple of proper systemic function between principles
  Plato's metaprinciple of proper systemic function between principles; the fundamental Platonic form which enables knowledge and metacognition, from which other concepts such as truth, justice and virtue derive meaning.

The neighborhood

synonymall right
synonymsatisfactory
synonymdecent
synonymacceptable
synonymagreeable
synonymamazing
synonymas fine as Dick's hatband
synonymawesome
synonymbeatific
synonymbene
synonymblissful
synonymbodacious
antonymbadantonym(s) of “having positive attributes”
antonympoorantonym(s) of “having positive attributes”
antonymevilantonym(s) of “ethical”
antonymawful
antonymdetestable
antonymdisagreeable
antonymdreadful
antonymhorrible
antonymterrible
antonymunsatisfactory
neighborgoodness
neighborintermediate
neighbormoderate
neighborsatisfactory

Derived

a bad tree does not yield good apples, a change is as good as a rest, agood, a good beginning makes a good ending, a good conscience is a soft pillow, a good deal, a good deed is its own reward, a good few, a good look, all-good, all good, all good in the hood, all good things, all good things come to an end, all good things must come to an end, all in good time, all publicity is good publicity, a miss is as good as a mile, a nod is as good as a wink, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat, anti-good, any exposure is good exposure, any good, any press is good press, as good as, as good as it gets, as good as new, badbye, bad money drives out good, baked good, be good for, better is the enemy of good, capital good, certificate of good conduct, chaotic good, club good, come from a good place, come good, common good · +458 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at good. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at good. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at good

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA