goodness &c adj.; excellence, merit; virtue &c 944; value, worth,
price.
super-excellence, supereminence; superiority &c 33; perfection &c
650; coup de maitre [Fr.]; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre [Fr.], prime,
flower, cream, elite, pick, A 1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la
creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth;
champion; prodigy.
tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel,
pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis
[Lat.], one in a thousand.
beneficence &c 906; good man &c 948.
V. be beneficial &c adj.; produce good, do good &c 618; profit &c (be
of use) 644; benefit; confer a benefit &c 618.
be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of.
produce a good effect; do a good turn, confer an obligation;
improve &c 658.
do no harm, break no bones.
be good &c adj.; excel, transcend &c (be superior) 33; bear away
the bell.
stand the proof, stand the test; pass muster, pass an examination.
challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival.
Adj. harmless, hurtless†; unobnoxious†, innocuous, innocent,
inoffensive.
beneficial, valuable, of value; serviceable &c (useful) 644;
advantageous, edifying, profitable; salutary &c (healthful) 656.
favorable; propitious &c (hope-giving) 858; fair.
good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior &c 33; above par;
nice, fine; genuine &c (true) 494.
best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless;
unparagoned†, unparalleled &c (supreme) 33; superlatively &c 33; good;
bully [Slang], crackajack [Slang], giltedged; superfine,
superexcellent†; of the first water; first-rate, first-class; high-
wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal;
standard &c (perfect) 650; inimitable.
admirable, estimable; praiseworthy &c (approve) 931; pleasing &c
829; couleur de rose [Fr.], precious, of great price; costly &c (dear)
814; worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye; priceless,
invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye.
tolerable &c (not very good) 651; up to the mark, unexceptionable,
unobjectionable; satisfactory, tidy.
in good condition, in fair condition; fresh; sound &c (perfect)
650.
Adv. beneficially &c adj.; well &c 618.
Phr. Jewels five words long [Tennyson]; long may such goodness live!
[Rogers]; the luxury of doing good [Goldsmith].