English noun: goodness | |||
1. | goodness (attribute) that which is pleasing or valuable or useful | ||
Samples | Weigh the good against the bad. Among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization. | ||
Synonyms | good | ||
Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | benefit, better, better, desirability, desirableness, optimum, soundness, welfare, wisdom, wiseness, worthiness | ||
Antonyms | bad, badness | ||
2. | goodness (attribute) moral excellence or admirableness | ||
Samples | There is much good to be found in people. | ||
Synonyms | good | ||
Broader (hypernym) | morality | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beneficence, benignancy, benignity, graciousness, kindness, moral excellence, saintliness, summum bonum, virtue, virtue, virtuousness | ||
Attribute | good | ||
Antonyms | evilness, evil | ||