goodness
Plural: goodnesses
Noun
- The quality of being good; virtue or excellence.
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- moral excellence or admirableness
- The state or characteristic of being good.
- The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
- God.
- The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
Intj
- Clipping of goodness me or various similar exclamations such as goodness gracious.
Examples
- For goodness sake, she thought, how did I miss that obvious word?
- Thank goodness that the war is over!
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good + -ness. Cognate with Scots guidness (“goodness”), West Frisian goedens (“goodness”), Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian годность (godnostʹ, “suitability, fitness”).
Synonyms
Antonyms
bad, badness, evil, evilness, atrociousness, corruptness, criminality, depravity, immorality, knavery, rascality, scoundrelry, turpitude, vileness, villainhood, villainousness, villainy, wickedness
Scrabble Score: 10
goodness: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgoodness: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
goodness: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary