good guy
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1.8
- noun
- /ɡʊd ɡaɪ/
- Informal
:
buen tipo
- You know, I think Rudy is a really good guy and you should give him a break.
- good guys and bad guys
So I guess we're still the good guys, The good people.
- So I guess we're still the good guys, The good people.
- You have to be the good guy or else you lose it all.
- So maybe the good guys won, arguably.
- Occasionally some of the good guys and bad guys would switch sides.
- Making noise for the good guy inspires him to fight harder.
- All round, good guy who doesn't mind immigrants.
- It's not because I think we're the good guys and they're the bad guys.
- Or, or he's a good guy or he's just hurting.
- And what war means isn't good guy soldiers versus bad guy soldiers.
- If we're really the good guys, then let's be the good guys.
- He's, he's a good guy, but just didn't have a relationship with.
- It wasn't trying to say these are the good guys, these are the bad guys.
- Well, guys like Prune Swaller, who's a good guy, and Flay.
- So we got a good guy, Paul Toma.
- I'm so happy for them because they're good guys and they're funny.
- They're they're representing good guys and, and good fathers and things like that.
- Vote Blue, no matter who US good guys, them bad guys.
- Trump says all good guys, by the way, all good guys.
Examples
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I hate to say it, but Ian turned out to be a really good guy.
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Be a good guy now.
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You have to be the good guy or else you lose it all.
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Yeah, he was a good guy.
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Was he a good guy?
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The whole story is about good guys doing what they can to stop that.
Academic text (2009) -
Most of the time, they can't tell the good guys from the bad guys.
Fiction book (1990) -
You're a good guy, Andy.
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Sullivan describes his clients as the good guys in the otherwise cutthroat world of mortgage rescue.
Academic text (2007) -
In the movie, the good guy always triumphs over the villain in the end.
Synonyms
1
3.9
A man who is kind, helpful, and liked by others
1
5.0
A person in a story who is kind and acts like a hero
Antonyms
How Good
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'good' (morally right or favorable) + 'guy' (informal person), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer someone who is on your side or morally decent. This follows a regular adjective + noun composition and the informal use of 'guy' to mean 'person' is common, so the expression is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Good guy comes from movies and stories where the hero wears a white hat and helps others. The word guy just means a person, so a good guy is someone seen as 'morally right' or 'on your side'.