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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plenty |
| Synonyms: | abundant, acceptable, adequate, all right already, ample, bellyful, bounteous, bountiful, comfortable, competent, complete, copious, decent, enough already, fed up*, full, had it, last straw, lavish, plenteous, plentiful, replete, satisfactory, satisfying, sick and tired of, sufficient, sufficing, suitable, unlimited, up to here |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, insufficient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, timely, advantageous |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, auspicious, benefic, beneficial, benign, bright, cheering, convenient, encouraging, fair, fit, fortunate, full of promise, gratifying, happy, healthful, helpful, hopeful, kindly, lucky, nice, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, reassuring, seasonable, suitable, toward, useful, welcome, well-timed, wholesome, worthy |
| Antonyms: | bad, derogatory, detrimental, harmful, hindering, hurtful, hurting, injurious, unfavorable, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | feasible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | possible, doable |
| Synonyms: | achievable, advantageous, appropriate, attainable, beneficial, breeze, cinch, duck soup, easy as pie, expedient, fit, fitting, likely, no sweat, performable, pie, piece of cake, practicable, practical, probable, profitable, pushover, realizable, reasonable, simple as ABC, snap, suitable, viable, workable, worthwhile |
| Notes: | feasible means capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; possible means capable of happening or existing; probable means likely but not certain to be or become true or real |
| Antonyms: | impossible, inconceivable, unfeasible, unlikely, unpractical, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | fitted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, right |
| Synonyms: | adapted, conformable, cut out for, equipped, matched, proper, qualified, suitable, suited, tailor-made |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, incorrect, unfit, unprepared, unqualified, wrong |
| Main Entry: | germane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
| Synonyms: | ad rem, akin, allied, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, cognate, connected, fitting, kindred, kosher*, legit, material, on target, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, proper, related, relating, relevant, right on, suitable, that's the ticket, to the point, to the purpose |
| Notes: | germane and relevant indicate pertinence to a matter, but may not be essential; material means pertinent and necessary |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, irrelevant, unfitting, unrelated, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | competent, skilled |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adept, adroit, au fait, capable, clever, dexterous, efficient, expert, first-rate, proficient, proper, qualified, reliable, satisfactory, serviceable, skillful, suitable, suited, talented, thorough, trustworthy, useful |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | incompetent, unskilled, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useful, adequate |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, advantageous, all right, ample, appropriate, approving, apt, auspicious, becoming, benefic, beneficial, benignant, brave, commendatory, commending, common, conformable, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, favorable, favoring, fit, fitting, fruitful, healthful, healthy, helpful, hygienic, meet, needed, opportune, profitable, proper, propitious, respectable, right, salubrious, salutary, satisfying, seemly, serviceable, suitable, tolerable, toward, unobjectionable, wholesome |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, rotten, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | happy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lucky |
| Synonyms: | accidental, advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, befitting, casual, convenient, correct, effective, efficacious, enviable, favorable, felicitous, fitting, fortunate, incidental, just, meet, nice, opportune, promising, proper, propitious, providential, right, satisfactory, seasonable, successful, suitable, timely, well-timed |
| Antonyms: | forsaken, hopeless, troubled, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | harmonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable, corresponding; friendly |
| Synonyms: | accordant, adapted, amicable, balanced, compatible, concordant, congenial, congruous, consonant, coordinated, cordial, dulcet, euphonious, harmonic, harmonizing, in accord, in chorus, in concert, in harmony, in step, in tune, in unison, like, matching, mellifluous, melodic, melodious, mix, musical, of one mind, on same wavelength, peaceful, rhythmical, silvery, similar, simpatico, sonorous, suitable, sweet-sounding, symmetrical, sympathetic, symphonic, symphonious, tuneful |
| Antonyms: | cacophonous, disagreeable, discordant, dissonant, harsh, inharmonious, opposed, unfriendly, unlike |
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