1. Benefit
   "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?" 
2. Moral excellence or admirableness
   "there is much good to be found in people"
   - goodness 
3. 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"
   - goodness 
4. Articles of commerce
   - commodity, trade good

1. (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 baby can walk pretty good"
   - well 
2. Completely and absolutely ('good' is sometimes used informally for 'thoroughly')
   "we beat him good"
   - thoroughly, soundly

Derived forms: best, better, goods

See also: acceptable, advantageous, ample, angelic, angelical, bang-up, beatific, best, better, bully, close, complete, corking, cracking, dandy, discriminating, echt, favorable [US], favourable [Brit, Cdn], fortunate, fresh, genuine, good enough, goodish, goody-goody, great, groovy, grouse [Austral, NZ], healthful, healthy, hot, intellectual, keen, moral, neat, nice, nifty, not bad, obedient, operative, opportune, peachy, pleasing, quality, redeeming, redemptive, reputable, respectable, right, righteous, ripper [Austral], sainted, saintlike, saintly, satisfactory, saving, skilled, slap-up, smashing, solid, sound, superb, swell, virtuous, well behaved, well-behaved, white, worthy

Type of: advantage, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], morality, quality, vantage

Antonym: bad, evil

Encyclopedia: Good, Roger Good, Highest, The Good Good, WV Good, giving and game Good, giving, and game Good, West Virginia