Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section I. Volition in General
3. Objects of Volition

618. Good.

   NOUN:GOOD, benefit, advantage; improvement [See Improvement]; greatest -, supreme- good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal [archaic]; main chance, summum bonum [L.]; common-wealth [now rare], commonweal or common weal; “consummation devoutly to be wished” [Hamlet]; gain, boot [archaic]; profit, harvest.
  BOON (gift) [See Giving]; good turn; blessing, benison; world of good; piece of good -luck, – fortune; nuts [now slang], prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove.
  good fortune (prosperity) [See Prosperity]; happiness [See Pleasure].
  [SOURCE OF GOOD] goodness [See Goodness]; utility [See Utility]; remedy [See Remedy]; pleasure giving [See Pleasurableness].
   VERB:BENEFIT, profit, advantage, serve, help, avail, boot [archaic], good [obs.], do good to.
  GAIN, prosper, flourish, thrive [See Prosperity].
   ADJECTIVE:COMMENDABLE [See Approbation]; useful [See Utility]; good &c., beneficial [See Goodness].
   ADVERB:WELL, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amiss; all for the best; to one’s advantage &c. n.; in one’s favor, in one’s interest &c. n.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. So far so good.
2. Magnum bonum.
3. So shines a good deed in a naughty world.—Merchant of Venice
4. From seeming evil still educing good.—Thomson
5. And learn the luxury of doing good.—Goldsmith
6. Worthiest by being good, Far more than great or high.—Milton