| Main Entry: | goodness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency, excellence |
Synonyms: |
advantage, beneficence, benefit, benevolence, ethicality, friendliness, generosity, good will, grace, graciousness, honesty, honor, humaneness, integrity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, merit, morality, nourishment, obligingness, probity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, superiority, uprightness, value, virtue, wholesomeness, worth |
Antonyms: |
evil, indecency, meanness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | goodness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
choice, sound, Manichaean, above par, admirable, advantageous, agathokakological, beneficent, beneficial, benignant, best, better, bosker, capital, cardinal, commendable, costly, crack, edifying, eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious, elect, estimable, eumoirous, excellent, exhimious, exquisite, fair, favorable, fine, first, fresh, genuine, good, good as gold, harmless, high, in fair condition, in good condition, inestimable, inimitable, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, invaluable, nice, of great price, of the first water, of value, par excellence, picked, pleasing, praiseworthy, precious, precious as the apple of the eye, priceless, prickmedainty, prime, profitable, propitious, rare, salutary, satisfactory, select, serviceable, standard, superexcellent, superfine, superlatively good, tidy, tip, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unobnoxious, unparagoned, unparalleled, up to the mark, useful, valuable, very best, worth its weight in gold
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| Concept: | [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
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-nouns
goodness; excellence, merit; virtue; value, worth, price., superexcellence, supereminence; superiority; perfection; coup de maitre; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A1, 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, one in a thousand., beneficence; good man.
-verbs
be beneficial; produce good, do good [more]; profit (be of use); benefit; confer a benefit., 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., do no harm, break no bones., be good; excel, transcend (be superior); bear away the bell., stand the proof, stand the test; pass muster, pass an examination., challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival.
-adjectives
harmless, hurtless; unobnoxious, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive., beneficial, valuable, of value; serviceable (useful); advantageous, edifying, profitable; salutary (healthful)., favorable; propitious (hope-giving) [more]; fair., good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior; above par; nice, fine; genuine (true)., best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless; unparagoned, unparalleled (supreme); superlatively; good; bully, crackerjack, crackajack, giltedged; superfine, superexcellent; of the first water; first-rate, first-class; high-wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal; standard (perfect); inimitable.
-adverbs
beneficially; well.
-phrases
"Jewels five words long" [Tennyson]; "long may such goodness live!" [Rogers]; "the luxury of doing good" [Goldsmith].
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Antonyms: |
badness |
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| Main Entry: | benevolence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charity |
Synonyms: |
altruism, amity, comity, compassion, feeling, friendliness, friendship, generosity, gift, good will, goodness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, sympathy |
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animosity, greediness, ill will, malevolence, meanness, selfishness, spite, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | charity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kindness, compassion |
Synonyms: |
affection, agape, altruism, amity, attachment, benevolence, benignity, bountifulness, bounty, caritas, clemency, fellow feeling, generosity, goodness, goodwill, grace, humaneness, humanity, indulgence, kindliness, lenity, love, magnanimity, mercy, tenderheartedness |
Antonyms: |
malevolence, uncharitableness, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | ethics/ethic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moral philosophy, values |
Synonyms: |
belief, conduct, conscience, convention, conventionalities, criteria, decency, ethos, goodness, honesty, honor, ideal, imperative, integrity, moral code, morality, mores, natural law, nature, practice, principles, right and wrong, rules of conduct, standard, standards, the Golden Rule |
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corruption, immorality |
| Main Entry: | excellence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superiority |
Synonyms: |
arete, class, distinction, eminence, excellency, fineness, goodness, greatness, high quality, merit, perfection, preeminence, purity, quality, superbness, supremacy, transcendence, virtue, worth, éclat |
Antonyms: |
failure, imperfection, inferiority |
| Main Entry: | fairness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice |
Synonyms: |
candor, charitableness, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, disinterestedness, due, duty, equitableness, equity, exactitude, fair shake, fair-mindedness, give and take, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor, humanity, impartiality, integrity, justness, legitimacy, moderation, open-mindedness, propriety, rationality, reasonableness, right, righteousness, rightfulness, rightness, seemliness, square deal, suitability, tolerance, truth, uprightness, veracity |
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inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | generosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit of giving |
Synonyms: |
all heart, alms-giving, altruism, beneficence, benevolence, bounteousness, bounty, charitableness, charity, free giving, goodness, heart, high-mindedness, hospitality, kindness, largesse, liberality, magnanimity, munificence, nobleness, openhandedness, philanthropy, profusion, readiness, unselfishness |
Antonyms: |
greed, meanness, selfishness, stinginess |
| Main Entry: | grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mercy, forgiveness |
Synonyms: |
benefaction, beneficence, benevolence, caritas, charity, clemency, compassion, compassionateness, favor, forbearance, generosity, good will, goodness, indulgence, kindliness, kindness, leniency, lenity, love, pardon, quarter, reprieve, responsiveness, tenderness |
Antonyms: |
mercilessness, unforgiveness |