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Synonyms: high-quality, first-class, first-rate, superior, fine, excellent
Antonym: poor

Synonyms: skillful, able, proficient, accomplished, talented, expert, skilled, capable, clever, competent
Antonym: bad


Synonyms: decent, respectable, moral, upright, virtuous, noble, worthy, blameless, wholesome
Antonym: bad

Synonyms: enjoyable, pleasant, nice, satisfactory, lovely, agreeable, delightful
Antonym: bad

Synonyms: suitable, helpful, beneficial, sound, safe, advantageous, reliable, trustworthy, useful
Antonym: useless

Synonyms: nice, fine, lovely, clear, mild, pleasant, fair, sunny
Antonym: unpleasant

Synonyms: well-behaved, well-mannered, polite, obedient, courteous, well-brought-up
Antonym: naughty

Synonyms: effective, useful, valuable, right, appropriate, beneficial
Antonym: unsuitable

The noun good has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (11) good -- (benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?")
2. (9) good, goodness -- (moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people")
3. (6) good, goodness -- (that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization")
4. commodity, trade good, good -- (articles of commerce)

The adj good has 21 senses (first 14 from tagged texts)

1. (190) good -- (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office")
2. (22) full, good -- (having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here")
3. (12) good -- (morally admirable)
4. (10) estimable, good, honorable, respectable -- (deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name")
5. (5) beneficial, good -- (promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her")
6. (4) good -- (agreeable or pleasing; "we all had a good time"; "good manners")
7. (3) good, just, upright -- (of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man")
8. (2) adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful -- (having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching")
9. (2) good -- (thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning")
10. (2) dear, good, near -- (with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear")
11. (1) dependable, good, safe, secure -- (financially sound; "a good investment"; "a secure investment")
12. (1) good, right, ripe -- (most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes")
13. (1) good, well -- (resulting favorably; "its a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well")
14. (1) effective, good, in effect, in force -- (exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)")
15. good -- (capable of pleasing; "good looks")
16. good, serious -- (appealing to the mind; "good music"; "a serious book")
17. good, sound -- (in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body")
18. beneficial, good, salutary -- (tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air")
19. good -- (not forged; "a good dollar bill")
20. good, unspoiled, unspoilt -- (not left to spoil; "the meat is still good")
21. good -- (generally admired; "good taste")

The adv good has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (9) well, good -- ((often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-seasoned dish"; "a well-planned party"; "the baby can walk pretty good")
2. (4) thoroughly, soundly, good -- (in a complete and thorough manner (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'); "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good")

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4 senses of good

Sense 1
good -- (benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?")
-> advantage, vantage -- (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me")
=> favor, favour -- (an advantage to the benefit of someone or something; "the outcome was in his favor")
=> leverage -- (strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage")
=> handicap -- (advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning)
=> homecourt advantage -- (the advantage of playing on your home court in front of fans who are rooting for you)
=> lead -- (an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the lead at the last turn")
=> pull, clout -- (special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull")
=> start, head start -- (advantage gained by an beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch")
=> profit, gain -- (the advantageous quality of being beneficial)
=> preference -- (grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties))
=> privilege -- (a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all)
=> expedience, expediency -- (the quality of being suited to the end in view)
=> superiority, favorable position, favourable position -- (the quality of being a competitive advantage)
=> good -- (benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?")
=> favorableness, favourableness, advantageousness, positivity, positiveness, profitableness -- (the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome)
=> tax advantage -- (an advantage bestowed by legislation that reduces a tax on some preferred activity)

Sense 2
good, goodness -- (moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people")
-> morality -- (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)
=> righteousness -- (adhering to moral principles)
=> rightness -- (according with conscience or morality)
=> conscience -- (conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience")
=> good, goodness -- (moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people")
=> virtue, chastity, sexual morality -- (morality with respect to sexual relations)

Sense 3
good, goodness -- (that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization")
-> quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare)
=> appearance, visual aspect -- (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
=> attraction, attractiveness -- (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him")
=> clearness, clarity, uncloudedness -- (the quality of clear water; "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes")
=> opacity, opaqueness -- (the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light)
=> divisibility -- (the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons)
=> ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness -- (freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back")
=> difficulty, difficultness -- (the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb")
=> combustibility, combustibleness, burnability -- (the quality of being capable of igniting and burning)
=> suitability, suitableness -- (the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips")
=> arability -- (the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation)
=> impressiveness -- (the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind)
=> navigability -- (the quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft)
=> neediness -- (the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree; "he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it")
=> painfulness, distressingness -- (the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth")
=> piquancy, piquance, piquantness -- (the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting)
=> publicity -- (the quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of the court room")
=> spinnability -- (the quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability of being spun (used of textile fibers))
=> unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness -- (the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose)
=> protectiveness -- (the quality of providing protection; "statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination")
=> nature -- (the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy")
=> humanness, humanity, manhood -- (the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood")
=> air, aura, atmosphere -- (a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance")
=> excellence -- (the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree)
=> ultimate -- (the finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury")
=> characteristic -- (a distinguishing quality)
=> salability, salableness -- (the quality of being salable or marketable)
=> changeableness, changeability -- (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; "the changeableness of the weather")
=> changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness -- (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)
=> sameness -- (the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together")
=> difference -- (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock")
=> certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion -- (something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty")
=> probability -- (the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event; "for a while mutiny seemed a probability"; "going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost")
=> uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness -- (being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income")
=> factuality, factualness -- (the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination")
=> counterfactuality -- (the quality of being contrary to fact)
=> materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality -- (the quality of being physical; consisting of matter)
=> immateriality, incorporeality -- (the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter)
=> particularity, specialness -- (the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations")
=> generality -- (the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability)
=> simplicity, simpleness -- (the quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the simplicity of a crystal")
=> complexity, complexness -- (the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers")
=> regularity -- (the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits")
=> irregularity, unregularity -- (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)
=> mobility -- (the quality of moving freely)
=> immobility -- (the quality of not moving)
=> pleasantness, sweetness -- (the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day")
=> unpleasantness -- (the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather")
=> credibility, credibleness, believability -- (the quality of being believable or trustworthy)
=> incredibility, incredibleness -- (the quality of being incredible)
=> logicality, logicalness -- (correct and valid reasoning)
=> illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence -- (invalid or incorrect reasoning)
=> naturalness -- (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles; "he accepted the naturalness of death"; "the spontaneous naturalness of his manner")
=> unnaturalness -- (the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles)
=> virtu, vertu -- (artistic quality)
=> wholesomeness -- (the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you)
=> unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity -- (the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you)
=> satisfactoriness -- (the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement)
=> unsatisfactoriness -- (the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable)
=> ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity -- (the quality of being commonplace and ordinary)
=> extraordinariness -- (the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered)
=> ethnicity -- (an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties; "ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations")
=> foreignness, strangeness, curiousness -- (the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner")
=> nativeness -- (the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin)
=> originality -- (the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else))
=> unoriginality -- (the quality of being unoriginal)
=> correctness, rightness -- (conformity to fact or truth)
=> incorrectness, wrongness -- (the quality of not conforming to fact or truth)
=> accuracy, truth -- (the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account")
=> accuracy -- ((mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy")
=> inaccuracy -- (the quality of being inaccurate and having errors)
=> distinction -- (a distinguishing quality; "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town")
=> popularity -- (the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after; "his charm soon won him affection and popularity"; "the universal popularity of American movies")
=> unpopularity -- (the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance)
=> lawfulness -- (the quality of conforming to law)
=> unlawfulness -- (the quality of failing to conform to law)
=> elegance -- (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility")
=> elegance -- (a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics); "the simplicity and elegance of his invention")
=> inelegance -- (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
=> urbanity -- (the quality or character of life in a city or town; "there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity")
=> comprehensibility, understandability -- (the quality of comprehensible language or thought)
=> expressiveness -- (the quality of being expressive)
=> incomprehensibility -- (the quality of being incomprehensible)
=> humaneness -- (the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals))
=> inhumaneness, inhumanity -- (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)
=> morality -- (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)
=> immorality -- (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction")
=> amorality -- (the quality of being amoral)
=> divinity -- (the quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs")
=> holiness, sanctity, sanctitude -- (the quality of being holy)
=> ideality -- (the quality of being ideal)
=> unholiness -- (the quality of being unholy)
=> parental quality -- (a quality appropriate to a parent)
=> fidelity, faithfulness -- (the quality of being faithful)
=> infidelity, unfaithfulness -- (the quality of being unfaithful)
=> sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity -- (the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment)
=> naivete, naivety, naiveness -- (lack of sophistication or worldliness)
=> penetrability, perviousness -- (the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.))
=> impenetrability, imperviousness -- (the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.))
=> soapiness -- (the quality of being soap or being covered with soap; "she could smell the soapiness of the doctor's hands")
=> fibrosity, fibrousness -- (the quality of being fibrous)
=> directivity, directiveness -- (the quality of being directive)
=> extremeness -- (the quality of being extreme)
=> stuffiness, closeness -- (the quality of being close and poorly ventilated)
=> sufficiency, adequacy -- (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence")
=> worth -- (the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful)
=> worthlessness, ineptitude -- (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness")
=> good, goodness -- (that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization")
=> bad, badness -- (that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good")
=> fruitfulness, fecundity -- (the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth)
=> fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness -- (a condition yielding nothing of value)
=> utility, usefulness -- (the quality of being of practical use)
=> inutility, uselessness, unusefulness -- (the quality of having no practical use)
=> asset, plus -- (a useful or valuable quality)
=> constructiveness -- (the quality of serving to build or improve)
=> destructiveness -- (the quality of causing destruction)
=> positivity, positiveness, positivism -- (a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness)
=> negativity, negativeness, negativism -- (characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands)
=> occidentalism -- (the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations)
=> orientalism -- (the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations; "orientalisms can be found in Mozart's operas")
=> power, powerfulness -- (possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade")
=> ability -- (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)
=> powerlessness, impotence, impotency -- (the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble)
=> inability, unfitness -- (lacking the power to perform)
=> romanticism, romance -- (an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure))
=> domesticity -- (the quality of being domestic or domesticated; "a royal family living in unpretentious domesticity")
=> infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness, boundlessness, limitlessness -- (the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit)
=> finiteness, finitude, boundedness -- (the quality of being finite)
=> quantifiability, measurability -- (the quality of being measurable)
=> solubility -- (the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid)
=> insolubility -- (the quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid)
=> stuff -- (unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine")
=> hot stuff, voluptuousness -- (the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting); "he thought she was really hot stuff")
=> humor, humour -- (the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it")
=> pathos, poignancy -- (a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation")
=> tone -- (the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome")
=> brachycephaly, brachycephalism -- (the quality of being brachycephalic)
=> dolichocephaly, dolichocephalism -- (the quality of being dolichocephalic)
=> relativity -- (the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else)
=> responsiveness -- (the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events)
=> unresponsiveness, deadness -- (the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away")
=> subjectivism -- (the quality of being subjective)
=> snootiness -- (the quality of being snooty; "he disliked his neighbors' snootiness")
=> ulteriority -- (the quality of being ulterior; "their conversation was limited to ulteriorities"; "a terrible feeling of ulteriority"; "his stories were too susceptible to ulteriority")
=> memorability -- (the quality of being worth remembering; "continuous change results in lack of memorability"; "true memorability of phrase")
=> woodiness, woodsiness -- (the quality of abounding in trees)
=> waxiness -- (the quality of being made of wax or covered with wax)

Sense 4
commodity, trade good, good -- (articles of commerce)
-> artifact, artefact -- (a man-made object taken as a whole)
=> article -- (one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing")
=> facility -- (something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities")
=> Americana -- (any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America)
=> anachronism -- (an artifact that belongs to another time)
=> antiquity -- (an artifact surviving from the past)
=> block -- (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks")
=> button -- (any artifact that resembles a button)
=> commodity, trade good, good -- (articles of commerce)
=> cone -- (any cone-shaped artifact)
=> covering -- (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
=> creation -- (an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone)
=> decker -- ((often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels; "they rode in a double-decker bus")
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation -- (something used to beautify)
=> electroplate -- (any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis)
=> enclosure -- (artifact consisting of a space that has been enclosed for some purpose)
=> excavation -- (a hole in the ground made by excavating)
=> extra, duplicate -- (something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency")
=> fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")
=> facility, installation -- (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility")
=> fixture -- (a object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household))
=> float -- (something that remains on the surface of a liquid)
=> insert, inset -- (an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted)
=> instrumentality,