goodness

Roget-categorie 648

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#648. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness

zelfstandig naamwoord

goodness etc. adj. — excellence, merit — virtue etc. 944 — value, worth, price.
super-excellence, supereminence — superiority etc. 33 — perfection etc. 650 — coup de maitre [Fr.] — masterpiece, chef d'ouvre [Fr.], prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A 1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth — champion — prodigy.
tidbit — gem, gem of the first water — bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure — good thing — rara avis [Lat.], one in a thousand.
beneficence etc. 906 — good man etc. 948.

werkwoord

be beneficial etc. adj. — produce good, do good etc. 618 — profit etc. (be of use) 644 — benefit — confer a benefit etc. 618.
be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of.
produce a good effect — do a good turn, confer an obligation — improve etc. 658.
do no harm, break no bones.
be good etc. adj. — excel, transcend etc. (be superior) 33 — bear away the bell.
stand the proof, stand the test — pass muster, pass an examination.
challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

harmless, hurtless^† — unobnoxious^†, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive.
beneficial, valuable, of value — serviceable etc. (useful) 644 — advantageous, edifying, profitable — salutary etc. (healthful) 656.
favorable — propitious etc. (hope-giving) 858 — fair.
good, good as gold — excellent — better — superior etc. 33 — above par — nice, fine — genuine etc. (true) 494.
best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless — unparagoned^†, unparalleled etc. (supreme) 33 — superlatively etc. 33 — good — bully [Slang], crackajack [Slang], giltedged — superfine, superexcellent^† — of the first water — first-rate, first-class — high-wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal — standard etc. (perfect) 650 — inimitable.
admirable, estimable — praiseworthy etc. (approve) 931 — pleasing etc. 829 — couleur de rose [Fr.], precious, of great price — costly etc. (dear) 814 — worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye — priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye.
tolerable etc. (not very good) 651 — up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable — satisfactory, tidy.
in good condition, in fair condition — fresh — sound etc. (perfect) 650.

bijwoord

beneficially etc. adj. — well etc. 618.

uitdrukking

Jewels five words long" [Tennyson]; long may such goodness live! " [Rogers]; the luxury of doing good" [Goldsmith].

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