Good vs. Well

In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil, and is of interest in the study of morality, ethics, religion and philosophy.

A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, gas, or brine.

to be desired or approved of

A container or reservoir for a liquid, such as ink.

having the required qualities; of a high standard

A place where water issues from the earth; a spring or fountain.

possessing or displaying moral virtue

A mineral spring.

giving pleasure; enjoyable or satisfying

wells A watering place; a spa.

thorough

An abundant source

valid

An open space extending vertically through the floors of a building, as for stairs or ventilation.

used in conjunction with the name of God or a related expression as an exclamation of extreme surprise or anger

An enclosure in a ship's hold for the pumps.

that which is morally right; righteousness

A compartment or recessed area in a ship, used for stowage

benefit or advantage to someone or something

A part of a ship's weather deck enclosed between two watertight bulkheads.

merchandise or possessions

A cistern with a perforated bottom in the hold of a fishing vessel for keeping fish alive.

well

An enclosed space for receiving and holding something, such as the wheels of an airplane when retracted.

Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad or poor

Chiefly British The central space in a law court, directly in front of the judge's bench, where the counsel or solicitor sits.

Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing

To rise to the surface, ready to flow

Serving the desired purpose or end; suitable

To rise or surge from an inner source

Not spoiled or ruined

To pour forth.

In excellent condition; sound

In a good or proper manner

Superior to the average; satisfactory

Skillfully or proficiently

Used formerly to refer to the US Government grade of meat higher than standard and lower than choice.

Satisfactorily or sufficiently

Of high quality

Successfully or effectively

Discriminating

In a comfortable or affluent manner

Of moral excellence; upright

In a manner affording benefit or gain; advantageously

Benevolent; kind

With reason or propriety; reasonably

Loyal; staunch

In all likelihood; indeed

Well-behaved; obedient

In a prudent or sensible manner

Socially correct; proper

In a close or familiar manner

Worthy of respect; honorable

In a favorable or approving manner

Attractive; handsome

Thoroughly; completely

Beneficial to health; salutary

Perfectly; clearly

Competent; skilled

To a suitable or appropriate degree

Complete; thorough

To a considerable extent or degree

Reliable; sure

With care or attention

Valid or true

Entirely; fully

Genuine; real

In a satisfactory condition; right or proper

In effect; operative

Not ailing, infirm, or diseased; healthy.

Ready or able for a specified or assumed activity

Cured or healed, as a wound.

Able to pay or contribute

Of or characterized by the maintenance of good health practices. Often used in combination

Able to elicit a specified reaction

Advisable; prudent

Ample; substantial

Fortunate; good

Bountiful

Used to introduce a remark, resume a narrative, or fill a pause during conversation.

Full

Used to express surprise.

Pleasant; enjoyable

(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.

Propitious; favorable

(manner) Completely, fully.

Landing within bounds or within a particular area of a court and therefore in play

(degree) To a significant degree.

Passing between the uprights of the goal and therefore scoring, as a field goal in football.

Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).

Used to form exclamatory phrases expressing surprise or dismay

In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.

Something that is good.

In good health.

A good, valuable, or useful part or aspect.

(hypercorrect) Good, content.

Welfare; benefit

(uncommon) Prudent; good; well-advised.

Goodness; virtue

Good to eat; tasty, delicious.

A product that is bought and sold

(Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting

goods Portable personal property.

A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.

(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Fabric; material.

A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.

goods(Slang) Incriminating information or evidence

A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.

Well.

(figurative) A source of supply.

(of people)

(nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.

Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.

(nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.

Competent or talented.

(nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.

Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.

(nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.

Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).

(military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.

(US) Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.

(architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.

Accepting of, OK with

The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.

(archaic) Of high rank or birth.

(metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.

(of capabilities)

A well drink.

Useful for a particular purpose; functional.

(video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.

Effective.

(biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.

(obsolete) Real; actual; serious.

(intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.

(properties and qualities)

(intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface.

(of food)

An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.

A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.

Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.

A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.

True, valid, of explanatory strength.

Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.

Healthful.

An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.

Pleasant; enjoyable.

A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.

Favourable.

An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.

Unblemished; honourable.

The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.

Beneficial; worthwhile.

To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.

Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.

To pour forth, as from a well.

Very, extremely. See good and.

In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.

(colloquial) Ready

Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.

Holy especially when capitalized .

Fully or about; - used with numbers.

(of quantities)

In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.

Reasonable in amount.

Considerably; not a little; far.

Large in amount or size.

Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.

Full; entire; at least as much as.

Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.

That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.

Being in favor; favored; fortunate.

(nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.

Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.

(uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

(countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.

a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

(uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.

an abundant source;

An item of merchandise.

an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.

an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps

(transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.

come up;

(intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.

in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury;

(intransitive) To benefit; gain.

resulting favorably;

(transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.

wise or advantageous and hence advisable;

(transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.

(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');

(reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.

thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form;

To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

indicating high probability; in all likelihood;

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc.

(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully;

Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; - said of persons or actions.

to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree;

Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; - often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto.

favorably; with approval;

Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; - followed especially by for.

to a great extent or degree;

Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; - followed especially by at.

with great or especially intimate knowledge;

Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit.

with prudence or propriety;

Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.

with skill or in a pleasing manner;

Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc.

in a manner affording benefit or advantage;

Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.

in financial comfort;

Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc.

without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor;

That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; - opposed to evil.

Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; - opposed to harm, etc.

Wares; commodities; chattels; - formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property.

Well, - especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible.

To make good; to turn to good.

To manure; to improve.

benefit;

moral excellence or admirableness;

that which is good or valuable or useful;

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified;

having the normally expected amount;

morally admirable

deserving of esteem and respect;

promoting or enhancing well-being;

superior to the average;

agreeable or pleasing;

of moral excellence;

having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;

thorough;

with or in a close or intimate relationship;

having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others;

financially sound;

most suitable or right for a particular purpose;

resulting favorably;

exerting force or influence;

feeling healthy and free of aches and pains;

capable of pleasing;

appealing to the mind;

in excellent physical condition;

tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health;

not forged;

not left to spoil;

generally admired;

(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');

in a complete and thorough manner (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly');