good
- noun
- /ɡʊd/
- If you search your heart, you know all the good you have done.
- the common good
- the human good
- the greater good
Certainly not the the true, the good and the noble right?
- Certainly not the the true, the good and the noble right?
- The question is, can we have the good without the bad?
- Virtue is the only good, the sole good.
- So he says this, you know, good, this one supreme good.
- I want to cast my vote for more good in this world.
- And this the way we wipe out the good because of the bad.
- This is true on good and evil Jesus Christ.
Examples
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I did it for the greater good. - I know.
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For your good and for the good of your men.
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I want to cast my vote for more good in this world.
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For the good of you both.
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As one member of the team explained, "She knows how to find the good in everything."
Academic text (2012) -
I'm just out here serving the overall public good.
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Whatever small good I have done... will only be worthwhile if it teaches men to live in peace.
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The ride had done her a great deal of good, but it hadn't solved the essential problem.
Fiction book (1995) -
On the one hand, no group should imperialistically impose its vision of the good on others.
Academic text (2008) -
He dedicated his life to promoting the common good in his community.
Synonyms
A good personal quality like honesty or kindness
Being good and fair in how you act
Kind, honest, and fair behaviour in a person
An action most people see as the right and kind thing to do
A state of being morally good and fair in actions
Being honest and doing the right thing
Being kind and honest in a way people respect
A state of being fair and morally right
Being honest and doing what is right
Being very good at doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
A quality of being honest and fair that earns respect
A quality that shows polite, honest behavior and neat clothes
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
How Moral
Surface Forms
Etymology
Good as a noun comes from the old root gōd, meaning 'what is right or of value', and it was used for moral worth; so the noun good means moral excellence or things that are right and beneficial.