in someone's good (or bad) books

Favourably (or unfavourably) regarded by someone

open book

A person or subject that is well-known or clearly understood (cf closed book above)

read (someone) like a book

To understand thoroughly (usu a person's character or motives)

suit one's book

To be agreeable to or favourable to one

take a leaf out of someone's book

To profit by someone's example

talk like a book

To talk pedantically, or with precision and readiness

throw the book at (informal)

1. To administer a lengthy and detailed reproof to
2. To punish severely

without book

1. From memory
2. Unauthorizedly

good /gŭd/

adjective (compar bettˈer; superl best)

1. Having suitable or desirable qualities
2. Promoting health, welfare or happiness
3. Virtuous
4. Pious
5. Kind
6. Benevolent
7. Well-behaved
8. Not troublesome
9. Of repute
10. Stout-hearted, able
11. Worthy
12. Commendable
13. Suitable
14. Adequate
15. Thorough
16. Competent
17. Sufficient
18. Valid
19. Sound
20. Serviceable
21. Beneficial
22. Genuine
23. Pleasing
24. Enjoyable
25. Favourable
26. (of a shot or play in tennis, golf, etc) made accurately
27. Ample, moderately estimated
28. Considerable, as in a good deal, a good mind
29. Able to be counted on
30. Financially or commercially safe or advisable
31. (from a range) of the better or best quality
32. Used in patronizing address or reference, as in my good man, your good lady (ie wife)

noun

1. That which is morally or ethically right
2. Prosperity
3. Welfare
4. Advantage, temporal or spiritual
5. Benefit
6. Use
7. Virtue
8. Possessions (archaic)
9. (usu in pl) moveable property, chattels, merchandise, freight
10. Things bought and sold (eg machinery, clothing, foodstuffs, furniture), excluding currency, livestock, minerals, crops, land, buildings and services (business)
11. The subject matter of a contract of sale of goods, which excludes money or choses in action (qv under chose²) (law)
12. Tangible items produced by firms and in demand by individuals for consumption, or by firms as an input to their production processes (economics)

interjection

1. Well
2. Right
3. So be it

adverb (now mainly US informal, or dialect)

Well

goodˈiness noun

Weak, priggish or sanctimonious goodness

goodˈish adjective

Pretty good, of fair quality or quantity

goodˈliness noun

goodˈly adjective (goodˈlier; goodˈliest)

1. Comely, good-looking (archaic)
2. Fine
3. Excellent
4. Ample

adverb (Spenser)

1. Graciously
2. Excellently, kindly

goodˈlyhead or goodˈlihead noun (Spenser)

Goodness

goodˈness noun

1. Virtue
2. Excellence
3. Benevolence
4. Nourishment in food
5. Substituted for God in certain expressions, such as for goodness sake, and as an interjection

goodˈ-o or goodˈ-oh interjection

Expressing pleasure

adverb (Aust)

1. Well
2. Thoroughly

goodˈy noun (pl goodˈies)

1. (usu in pl) a delicacy or sweetmeat
2. (usu in pl) something pleasant or desirable (usu facetious)
3. The hero of a book, film, or any character on the side of justice and fair play, etc (informal)
4. A goody-goody
5. Short for goodwife (archaic)

interjection

Expressing (esp childish) pleasure

adjective

Goody-goody

good afternoon noun and interjection

A salutation on meeting or parting in the afternoon

good breeding noun

Polite manners formed by a good upbringing

good-brothˈer, -fathˈer, -mothˈer, -sisˈter, -sonˈ noun (Scot; archaic or dialect; also gude-)

A brother-in-law, father-in-law, etc

goodbyeˈ noun or interjection

Farewell, a form of address at parting (formed from God be with you)

goodˈ-cheap adjective (archaic)

Cheap (literally, good-bargain)

good-condiˈtioned adjective

In a good state

good-dameˈ noun (obsolete Scot; also gude-dameˈ /güd- or gid-/)

A grandmother

good-dayˈ noun or interjection

A traditional salutation at meeting or parting, now rather formal or archaic, but in Australia a common greeting, usu shortened to g'day

good-denˈ (obsolete; from good-e'en), good-e'enˈ (archaic), good-eˈven (archaic) or good-eveˈning noun or interjection

A salutation on meeting or parting in the evening

goodˈfaced adjective (Shakespeare)

Having a handsome face

good faith see in good faith below.

good feeling noun

1. Friendly feeling
2. Convivial relations

goodˈfella noun (N American informal)

A gangster, esp a member of the Mafia

goodˈfellow noun

1. A jolly or favourite companion
2. A reveller

goodfellˈowship noun

1. Merry or pleasant company
2. Conviviality

good folk plural noun

Good people

goodˈ-for-nothing adjective

Worthless, useless

noun

An idle or worthless person

Good Friday see under Friday

good grief interjection

An exclamation of surprise, dismay or exasperation

good heavens interjection

An exclamation of surprise

good humour noun

Cheerful, tolerant mood or disposition

good-huˈmoured adjective

good-huˈmouredly adverb

good-huˈmouredness noun

good-King-Henˈry noun

A goosefoot used in cooking and sometimes grown as a pot-herb

good-lackˈ interjection (obsolete)

An expression of surprise or pity (prob a variation of good Lord, under the influence of alack)

goodˈ-liking see under like²

good-lookˈer noun (informal).

good-lookˈing adjective

Handsome, attractive

good looks plural noun

Attractive appearance

goodˈman noun

1. A yeoman (obsolete)
2. (usu with cap) formerly prefixed to the name of a man of yeoman's rank (fem goodˈwife; obsolete)
3. /gŭd-manˈ/ (chiefly Scot; archaic; also gude-) a householder or husband (fem goodwifeˈ)
4. The Devil (euphemistic)

goodman's croft noun

A patch once left untilled in Scotland to avert the malice of the Devil from the crop

good-mornˈing or (archaic) good-morrˈow noun and interjection

A salutation at meeting or parting early in the day

good nature noun

Natural goodness and mildness of disposition

good-naˈtured adjective

good-naˈturedly adverb

good-naˈturedness noun

goodnightˈ noun and interjection

A common salutation on parting at night or well on in the day

goodˈ-now interjection (obsolete or dialect)

An exclamation of wonder, surprise or entreaty

good offices plural noun

1. Mediation
2. Influence, agency

good oil noun (Aust informal)

Credible or reliable information

good people or good folk plural noun (euphemistic)

The fairies

good sailor noun

A person who tends not to suffer from seasickness

good Samaritan see Samaritan

goods engine noun

An engine used for drawing goods trains

good sense noun

Sound judgement

goods for own use plural noun (bookkeeping)

Stock taken by the owner of a business for his or her own private purposes, the sale price of which is debited to the owner's drawings account and credited to the sales account

goodsireˈ, also gudesireˈ /güd- or gid-/ or gutcher /gutˈshər/ noun (obsolete Scot)

A grandfather

goodˈ-sized adjective

(fairly) large

goods on approval plural noun (marketing)

Goods delivered and examined for a trial period before a decision to buy them is made

goods on consignment plural noun (marketing)

Goods delivered to an agent by a principal and sold on behalf of the principal

good-speedˈ noun and interjection (archaic)

A contraction of I wish you good speed (ie success)

goods received department noun (business)

One that deals with the reception of goods, and is responsible for checking the condition of goods on delivery, etc

goods received note noun (business)

A document completed by the storekeeper upon receipt of materials or goods from an outside supplier

goods train noun

A train of goods wagons

good-temˈpered adjective

1. Of a kindly disposition
2. Not easily made angry

Good Templar noun

A member of a temperance society, modelled on the Freemasons

goodˈtime adjective

1. Pleasure-seeking
2. (of music) purely for entertainment

goodˈ-timˈer noun

good turn noun

Something done for someone in a kind and helpful spirit or manner

goodˈwife (or /-wīfˈ/) noun

The fem of goodman

goodwillˈ noun

1. Benevolence
2. Well-wishing
3. The established trade, reputation, efficiency, popularity, and valuable personal relationships with customers, of a business or trade, often appearing as one of its (intangible) assets, with a marketable money value
4. In consolidated accounts, an intangible asset representing the difference between the acquisition price of a subsidiary and the fair value of its assets and liabilities at the time of acquisition (finance)

goodˈwill or (obsolete Scot) good-willˈy adjective

1. Well-wishing
2. Expressive of goodwill

good works plural noun

Acts of charity

goody bag noun

A bag containing a number of small gifts, given to people attending a party or promotional event

goodˈy-goodˈy adjective and noun

1. (a person) affecting a smug or obsequious show of virtue
2. (a person who is) insipidly benevolent or pious

as good as

1. The same as, no less than
2. Virtually

be as good as one's word

To fulfil one's promise

for good or for good and all

1. Permanently
2. Irrevocably

get (or have) the goods on (informal)

To obtain proof of someone's wrongdoing or criminal activity

good and (informal)

1. Very
2. Completely

good for anything

Ready for any kind of work

good for you

An interjection expressing approval (Aust informal good on you)

goodness of fit (statistics)

The extent to which observed data matches the values predicted by a theorem

goods and chattels see under chattel

in good faith

Honestly and without any intention to deceive (good-faithˈ adjective)

in someone's good books

In favour with someone

make good

1. To fulfil, perform
2. To compensate
3. To become successful, esp unexpectedly
4. To do well, redeeming an unpromising false start
5. To repair
6. To justify

no good

1. Useless
2. Futile
3. Worthless

not, hardly, etc good enough

1. Not sufficiently good
2. Mean, unfair, very different from what was expected or promised

stand good

1. To be lastingly good
2. To remain

the good

Virtuous people collectively

the Good Book

The Bible

the goods (slang)

1. The real thing
2. That which is required, promised, etc

think good (obsolete)

To be disposed, to be willing

to the good

1. For the best
2. On the credit or advantage side

up to no good

Doing something mischievous or wrong