Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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good | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
better | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
good (noun) | better (noun) |
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a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes | something superior in quality or condition or effect |
benefit | the superior one of two alternatives |
moral excellence or admirableness | someone who bets |
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful | a superior person having claim to precedence |
good (adjective) | better (adjective) |
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having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified | (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another |
morally admirable | (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness |
promoting or enhancing well-being | (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable |
having the normally expected amount | more than half |
with or in a close or intimate relationship | |
thorough | |
generally admired | |
resulting favorably | |
not left to spoil | |
not forged | |
tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health | |
in excellent physical condition | |
appealing to the mind | |
agreeable or pleasing | |
exerting force or influence | |
most suitable or right for a particular purpose | |
capable of pleasing | |
deserving of esteem and respect | |
of moral excellence | |
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | |
financially safe |
good (verb) | better (verb) |
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get better | |
to make better | |
surpass in excellence |
good (adverb) | better (adverb) |
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(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') | comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc. |
completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly') | from a position of superiority or authority |