good

Roget category 618

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.3. Objects of volition

#618. Good

noun

good, benefit, advantage — improvement etc. 658 — greatest good, supreme good — interest, service, behoof, behalf — weal — main chance, summum bonum [Lat.], common weal — consummation devoutly to be wished —" gain, boot — profit, harvest.
boon etc. (gift) 784 — good turn — blessing — world of good — piece of good luck [Fr.], piece of good fortune [Fr.] — nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove.
good fortune etc. (prosperity) 734 — happiness etc. 827.
[Source of good] goodness etc. 648 — utility etc. 644 — remedy etc. 662 — pleasure giving etc. 829.

adjective

commendable etc. 931 — useful etc. 644 — good &c. — beneficial etc. 648.

adverb

well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis [Fr.] — all for the best — to one's advantage etc. n. — in one's favor, in one's interest etc. n..

phrase

so far so good — magnum bonum [Lat.].

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