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 II. Prospective Volition
2. Degree of Subservience

648. [Capability of Producing Good. Good Qualities.] Goodness.

   NOUN:GOODNESS &c. adj.; excellence, merit; virtue [See Virtue]; value, worth, price.
  SUPEREXCELLENCE, supereminence, quintessence; superiority [See Superiority]; perfection [See Perfection]; coup de maître [F.]; masterpiece, chef d’œuvre [F.], prime, flower, cream, élite [F.], pick, nonesuch [now rare], A1 or A number 1 [colloq.], nonpareil [F.], crême de la crême [F.], flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy, wonder, best ever [colloq.].
  GEM, – of the first water; bijou [F.], precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; tidbit, good thing; rara avis [L.], one in a thousand.
  BENEFICENCE [See Benevolence].
  GOOD MAN [See Good Man].
   VERB:BE BENEFICIAL &c. adj.; produce or do good [See Good]; profit (be of use) [See Utility]; benefit; confer a benefit [See Good].
  produce a good effect; be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of; do a good turn, confer an obligation; improve [See Improvement].
  do no harm, break no bones.
  BE GOOD &c. adj.; be pure gold, be all wool; be the real -thing, – article; look good to [colloq.]; excel, transcend (be superior) [See Superiority]; bear away the bell.
  stand the -proof, – test; pass muster, pass an examination.
  VIE, challenge comparison, emulate, rival.
   ADJECTIVE:BENEFICIAL, valuable, of value; serviceable (useful) [See Utility]; advantageous, profitable, edifying; salutary (healthful) [See Salubrity].
  HARMLESS, hurtless; unobnoxious; innocuous, innocent, inoffensive.
  FAVORABLE; propitious (hopegiving) [See Hope]; fair.
  GOOD, good as gold; excellent; better; superior [See Superiority]; above par; nice, fine; genuine (true) [See Truth].
  CHOICE, best, select, picked, elect, recherché [F.], rare, priceless; unparagoned [rare], matchless, peerless, unequaled or unequalled, unparalleled (supreme) [See Superiority]; superlatively [See Superiority]- good; bully [slang], crackajack [slang], gilt-edge or gilt-edged [colloq.]; superfine, superexcellent; of the first water; first-rate, first-class; high-wrought, exquisite, very best, crack [colloq.], prime, tip-top [colloq.], capital, cardinal; standard (perfect) [See Perfection]; inimitable.
  ADMIRABLE, estimable; praiseworthy (approve) [See Approbation]; pleasing [See Pleasurableness]; couleur de rose [F.], precious, of great price; costly (dear) [See Dearness]; worth -its weight in gold, – a king’s ransom, – a Jew’s eye; priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye.
  SATISFACTORY, up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable; tidy [colloq.].
  in -good, – fair- condition; unspoiled, fresh; sound (perfect) [See Perfection].
   ADVERB:BENEFICIALLY &c. adj.; well [See Good]; for one’s benefit.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Jewels five words long.—Tennyson
2. Long may such goodness live!—Rogers
3. The luxury of doing good.—Goldsmith
4. Seek Virtue: she alone is free.—Milton
5. Before virtue the immortal gods have put the sweat of man’s brow.—Hesiod