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.
Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions.
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.
the opposite of "bad" (rarely used); an intensifier meaning very or extremely (e.g. "You'll get a good hard spanking!" ).
moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people"
that which is good or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass
having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others; "his benevolent smile"; "a benevolent nature"
in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body"
generally admired; "good taste"
right, excellent, virtuous
is defined in various ways, but usually includes whatever is pleasurable, desirable, has worth, value, or satisfies some interest, preference, or need. Aristotle distinguished between intrinsic and extrinsic goods. Intrinsic goods are those valued for themselves alone such as health and happiness. Extrinsic or instrumental goods are desirable for the sake of something else, such as money or tools.
A good or commodity in economics is any object or service that increases utility, directly or indirectly, not be confused with good in a moral or ethical sense (see Utilitarianism and consequentialist ethical theory). A good that cannot be used by consumers directly, such as an office building or capital equipment, can also be referred to as a good as an indirect source of utility through resale value or as a source of income. A 'good' in economic usage does not imply moral acceptance or even legality.