good

The word “good” has 1 syllable: good

It's pronounced as /ɡʊd/

What is synonym and antonym for good?

In the thesaurus, “good” has 112 synonyms and 207 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for good along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for good

ability
acceptable
accurate
adept
adequate
alright
analytical
appropriate
attractive
beautiful
beneficial
benefit
benevolent
blessing
boon
capability
capable
charitable
coherent
commodities
considerable
correct
cute
decent
dedicated
delicious
delightful
devoted
devout
effects
enjoyable
ethical
experienced
expert
expertise
faithful
favorable
fine
fit
fitted
fitting
generous
gift
gorgeous
great
handsome
health
healthful
healthy
helpful
holdings
honest
honorable
humanitarian
interest
logical
lovely
loyal
medicinal
merchandise
meritorious
moral
nice
nicely
ok
okay
philanthropic
philanthropical
pleasant
pleasing
positive
practiced
pretty
proficient
proper
qualification
qualified
rational
reasonable
reasoned
reliable
responsible
safe
sake
satisfactory
satisfying
sensible
significant
sizable
skilled
skillful
so
solid
staunch
steadfast
steady
stock
stuff
stunning
substantial
success
suitable
sweet
talent
things
true
valid
wares
welcome
welfare
well
worthy

Antonyms for good

abominable
adverse
amateur
amateurish
artless
bad
badly
base
boring
cheap
critical
crude
curse
damaging
defective
deficient
deleterious
depreciative
depreciatory
derogatory
detestable
disadvantageous
disagreeable
disapproving
disgusting
dishonest
dishonorable
disloyal
disreputable
distasteful
dodgy
doubtful
dreadful
dull
evil
faithless
false
faulty
fickle
flat
frightful
ghastly
grotesque
groundless
harmful
hellish
hideous
homely
horrible
horrid
ill
illegitimate
illogical
immoral
imperfect
improper
inaccurate
inadequate
inadequately
inapplicable
inappreciative
inappropriate
incapable
incoherent
incompetent
incomplete
incongruous
inconsequential
inconsiderable
inconstant
incorrect
indecent
ineffective
inefficient
inept
inexperienced
inexpert
infectious
inferior
injurious
insignificant
insubstantial
insufficient
insufficiently
intolerably
invalid
irrational
irresponsible
lacking
little
loathsome
lousy
marginal
meager
meagre
minute
miserable
misery
misleading
naughty
negative
negligible
new
no-good
nominal
nonsensical
noxious
objectionable
obnoxious
odious
off
offensive
paltry
perfidious
pernicious
petty
pitiful
plague
plain
poor
poorly
puny
questionable
real estate
repellent
repugnant
repulsive
revolting
rude
sad
sadness
selfish
shocking
shoddy
short
sinful
slight
small
specious
substandard
suffering
tedious
terrible
tight
toxic
traitorous
treacherous
trifling
trivial
ugly
unable
unacceptable
unappreciative
unattractive
unbecoming
uncertain
uncomplimentary
undependable
unethical
unfaithful
unfavorable
unfit
unfitted
unfitting
unflattering
unfounded
unfriendly
unhappiness
unhappy
unhealthiness
unhealthy
unimportant
uninformed
unjustified
unlovely
unpalatable
unpleasant
unpleasing
unprofessional
unprofitable
unqualified
unreasonable
unreliable
unsafe
unsatisfactory
unsavory
unseasoned
unseemly
unsightly
unskilled
unskillful
unsound
unsoundness
unsuitable
untrue
untrustworthy
unwelcome
unwholesome
unworthy
useless
vile
wanting
weak
wicked
worthless
wretched
wrong

Meanings of good

adjective
1. (of people).
2. (of capabilities).
3. (properties and qualities).
4. (when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
5. Holy (especially when capitalized) .
6. (of quantities).
interjection
1. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
adverb
1. Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
noun
1. The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
2. A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
3. The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
4. (usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
verb
1. To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
2. To make good; turn to good; improve.
3. To make improvements or repairs.
4. To benefit; gain.
5. To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
6. To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
7. To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
8. To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

Example Sentences

She made a good decision by taking the job offer.
It’s always good to spend time with family during the holidays.
He felt good after completing the challenging workout.
The food at the restaurant was surprisingly good for the price.
They had a good time at the party, dancing and laughing all night.

On this page you'll find 319 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to good, such as: ability, abominable, acceptable, accurate, adept, adequate, adverse.

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