What is the meaning of good?

noun

• Benefit.
  • usage: "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying"
• Moral excellence or admirableness.
  • usage: "there is much good to be found in people"
  • synonyms: goodness
• That which is pleasing or valuable or useful.
  • usage: "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
  • synonyms: goodness
• Articles of commerce.
  • synonyms: commodity, trade good

adjective

• Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.
  • usage: "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"
• Having the normally expected amount.
  • usage: "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"
  • synonyms: full
• Morally admirable.
• Deserving of esteem and respect.
  • usage: "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name"
  • synonyms: estimable, honorable, respectable
• Promoting or enhancing well-being.
  • usage: "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her"
  • synonyms: beneficial
• Agreeable or pleasing.
  • usage: "we all had a good time"; "good manners"
• Of moral excellence.
  • usage: "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"
  • synonyms: just, upright
• Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
  • usage: "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
  • synonyms: adept, expert, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful
• Thorough.
  • usage: "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning"
• With or in a close or intimate relationship.
  • usage: "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear"
  • synonyms: dear, near
• Financially sound.
  • usage: "a good investment"; "a secure investment"
  • synonyms: dependable, safe, secure
• Most suitable or right for a particular purpose.
  • usage: "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
  • synonyms: right, ripe
• Resulting favorably.
  • usage: "it's a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well"
  • synonyms: well
• Exerting force or influence.
  • usage: "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)"
  • synonyms: effective, in effect, in force
• Capable of pleasing.
  • usage: "good looks"
• Appealing to the mind.
  • usage: "good music"; "a serious book"
  • synonyms: serious
• In excellent physical condition.
  • usage: "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body"
  • synonyms: sound
• Tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health.
  • usage: "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"
  • synonyms: salutary
• Not forged.
  • usage: "a good dollar bill"
  • synonyms: honest
• Not left to spoil.
  • usage: "the meat is still good"
  • synonyms: undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt
• Generally admired.
  • usage: "good taste"

adverb

• Often used as a combining form. ( in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'))
  • usage: "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-seasoned dish"; "a well-planned party"; "the baby can walk pretty good"
  • synonyms: well
• Completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'. )
  • usage: "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good"
  • synonyms: thoroughly, soundly