good
- adjective
- /ɡʊd/
- I am always pleased to accept your invitation and to see my good friend Henry King.
- a good friend
- a good relationship
- good relations
It's because you don't have a good bond with them.
- It's because you don't have a good bond with them.
- Welcome back to our show, our good friend Max Greenfield.
- And we love Chrissy, our good friend love Chrissy.
- He still made time to be a good dad to me.
- Anyway, they broke up because her good friend is cheating with Tom.
- You know, you can still be a good new aunt to the baby.
- So from only Fans, you're good friends with Andrew and Tristan Tate.
- We had close family, good friends on Quiet St.
- So we we become the really good friends, if not the best friends.
- And at the time, I was really good friends, my good friend.
- And this is the name of one of my good friends babies.
- Couple of good friends who was there and they've been good friends still now.
- Not directly related to E, but a good friend of all of ours.
- But the people I was with, they were good standing comrades.
Examples
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Welcome back to our show, our good friend Max Greenfield.
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I feel a responsibility to be a good friend, you know?
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We had close family, good friends on Quiet St.
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So we we become the really good friends, if not the best friends.
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"But Y and Martin have been very good friends for a very long time.
Fiction book (1990) -
I think, you know, I've my good friends are still my really good friends.
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He and my wife actually were good friends.
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I'm here with my good buddy Travis Hazi.
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The doctor, a fellow Freemason, was a good friend of Erwin Achele.
Academic text (2011) -
I always try to be a good friend by supporting her during difficult times.
Synonyms
Loved and valued very much
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A short response to show you are happy for someone or that you do not really care
- Informal
A person who thinks carefully and makes sensible choices
- Informal
To respond equally strongly when someone attacks or criticizes you
- Informal
Having a very strong taste that makes you want to eat every last bit
- Literature
People in society who are important, respected, and have power
- Informal
Something you say when you do not know the answer any more than the other person does
- Archaic
A small gesture, like a nod or smile, that shows agreement and tells someone to act
- Specialized
When people use bad money, they keep better money and it disappears
An unclear thing that does not help you understand or decide
Compounds
- Slur
A white man often in the southern US who is friendly but supports his group and resists change
- Slur
A white man from the southern US who is friendly but often has unfair views and favors other men
- Slur
A white man from the southern US who is friendly, loyal to his group, and sometimes intolerant
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Good comes from the old root gōd, meaning 'helpful' or 'trustworthy', and people used it of those who bring benefit to others; so a good friend is someone loyal and reliable who helps you.