turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
charm good luck charm | something believed to bring good luck |
commodity trade good good | articles of commerce |
worldly possession worldly good | a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings |
good-temperedness good-humoredness good-humouredness good-naturedness | a cheerful willingness to be obliging |
good nature | a cheerful, obliging disposition |
grace good will goodwill | a disposition to kindness and compassion, the victor's grace in treating the vanquished |
neighborliness neighbourliness good-neighborliness good-neighbourliness | a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors |
handsomeness good looks | the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man) |
good goodness | moral excellence or admirableness, there is much good to be found in people |
good faith straightness | having honest intentions, he acted in good faith, doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants |
good form | behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time, it is not good form to brag about winning |
courtesy good manners | a courteous manner |
good part | a place of especial strength |
good goodness | that which is pleasing or valuable or useful, weigh the good against the bad, among the highest goods of all are happiness and selfealization |
good | benefit, for your own good, what's the good of worrying? |
common good commonweal | the good of a community |
common sense good sense gumption horse sense sense mother wit | sound practical judgment, Common sense is not so common, he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples, fortunately she had the good sense to run away |
exemplar example model good example | something to be imitated, an exemplar of success, a model of clarity, he is the very model of a modern major general |
good continuation continuation law of continuation | a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction |
Bible Christian Bible Book Good Book Holy Scripture Holy Writ Scripture Word of God Word | the sacred writings of the Christian religions, he went to carry the Word to the heathen |
f adieu adios arrivederci auf wiedersehen au revoir bye bye-bye cheerio good-by goodby good-bye goodbye good day sayonara so long | a farewell remark, they said their good-byes |
good morning morning | a conventional expression of greeting or farewell |
good afternoon afternoon | a conventional expression of greeting or farewell |
good night | a conventional expression of farewell |
good word | good news |
good authority | testimony by someone who should know, I have it on good authority |
recommendation testimonial good word | something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable |
funny story good story funny remark funny | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line), she told a funny story, she made a funny |
good time blast | a highly pleasurable or exciting experience, we had a good time at the party, celebrating after the game was a blast |
break good luck happy chance | an unexpected piece of good luck, he finally got his big break |
good will goodwill | the friendly hope that something will succeed |
good humor good humour good temper amiability | a cheerful and agreeable mood |
Cape Province Cape of Good Hope Province Cape Colony | a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in and ceded to Great Britain in , in it was split into three new provinces of South Africa |
Cape of Good Hope | a province of western South Africa |
Cape of Good Hope | a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town) |
eudemon eudaemon good spirit | a benevolent spirit |
goldbrick goof-off ne'er-do-well good-for-nothing no-account good-for-naught | an idle worthless person |
good egg | (old-fashioned slang) a good person |
good guy | any person who is on your side |
good old boy good ole boy good ol' boy | a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group |
good person | a person who is good to other people |
good Samaritan | a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble |
speller good speller poor speller | someone who spells words |
a Jesus Jesus of Nazareth the Nazarene Jesus Christ Christ Savior Saviour Good Shepherd Redeemer Deliverer a | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth, his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa BC - AD ) |
good luck fluke good fortune | a stroke of luck |
good-king-henry allgood fat hen wild spinach Chenopodium bonus-henricus | European plant naturalized in North America, often collected from the wild as a potherb |
good will goodwill | (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets) |
b batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad v b a | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a batch of letters, a deal of trouble, a lot of money, he made a mint on the stock market, see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos, it must have cost plenty, a slew of journalists, a wad of money |
good health healthiness | the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease |