goodness[noun]Synonyms:- excellence, merit, quality, superiority, value, worth
- kindness, benevolence, friendliness, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, kind-heartedness, kindliness, mercy
- virtue, honesty, honour, integrity, merit, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness
- benefit, advantage, salubriousness, wholesomeness
Antonyms: badness, evil
Related Words: honesty,
honor,
integrity,
grace,
merit,
quality,
superiority [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
good‧ness S2 /ˈɡʊdnəs, ˈɡʊdnɪs/
noun [uncountable] [
Word Family: noun:
good,
goodie,
goody,
goodness,
goods;
adjective:
good,
goodish;
adverb:
good]
1. my goodness!/goodness (gracious) me! spoken said when you are surprised or sometimes angry:
My goodness, you have spent a lot!2. for goodness’ sake spoken said when you are annoyed or surprised, especially when telling someone to do something:
For goodness’ sake stop arguing!3. goodness (only) knows spoken used to emphasize that you are not sure about something, or to make a statement stronger:
That bar’s been closed for goodness knows how long. Goodness knows, I tried to help him!4. BEING GOOD the quality of being good:
the desire to see goodness and justice in the world5. BEST PART the part of food which is good for your health:
All the goodness of an egg is in the yolk.6. have the goodness to do something old-fashioned formal used when asking someone to do something in an extremely polite way:
Please have the goodness to wait.7. out of the goodness of sb’s heart used when someone has done something in order to be kind or helpful to other people:
He did it out of the goodness of his heart. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲