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What is the adjective for goodness?

What's the adjective for goodness? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs best, better, betterfy and good which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

good
  1. (of people)
    1. Acting in the interest of what is beneficial; ethical.
    2. Competent or talented.
    3. Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
    4. (US) Satisfied or at ease
  2. (of capabilities)
    1. Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
    2. Effective.
    3. (obsolete) Real; actual; serious.
  3. (of properties and qualities)
    1. (of food)
    2. Healthful.
    3. Pleasant; enjoyable.
    4. Favourable.
    5. Beneficial; worthwhile.
    6. Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
  4. (colloquial) With "and", extremely.
  5. Holy (especially when capitalized).
  6. (of quantities)
    1. Reasonable in amount.
    2. Large in amount or size.
    3. Full; entire; at least as much as
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The layout of the apartment was good, but the kitchen was too small.”
      “More than anything, young Sami was known for his good skills and intelligent football mind.”
      “We seek to live a good and virtuous life according to the principle of karma.”
better
goodless
  1. Without goods or property; destitute.
  2. Worthless.
  3. Lacking or devoid of good or goodness.
  4. Examples:
    1. “If there are souls to whom this world seems a goodless realm, who fail to find divine tokens of love anywhere, you and I are partly responsible.”
goodly
  1. (archaic) Good, pleasing in appearance.
  2. Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “From the expression on the faces of many of them I knew some professor had dragged his class down to the museum and a goodly number of the students wanted to be anywhere but looking at old books.”
      “The painting displayed in the gallery was a goodly masterpiece, captivating everyone with its vibrant colors and intricate details.”
goodish
  1. Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.
  2. Considerable; goodly.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Ford expected modest sales but a goodish profit from its new product.”
      “He did a goodish job, too, until a serious injury put him out of rugby for a year.”
      “However I have been given a large number of old books recently and also have a goodish choice from work, so book buying has been sparse recently.”
betterer
  1. (nonstandard) comparative form of better: more better
  2. (nonstandard) better
best
  1. superlative form of good: most good.
  2. Most; largest.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Being extremely intelligent, he was by far the best student in his class.”
      “The best thing to do after a burglary is to inform the authorities.”
      “Cleaning up my messy apartment took up the best part of my weekend.”
goodful
  1. (rare) Full of good or goodness; good; excellent; worthy; gracious; kind; friendly.
  2. Examples:
    1. “"You'll see. A goodful and righteous adventure.” “A noble quest,” Shane added. “For the acquisition of happiness,” Lucas said.”
betta
  1. Eye dialect spelling of better (comparative of good).
goodsome
  1. Marked by good or goodness; characteristically good
  2. Examples:
    1. “The church there was built by wrecking the Frances Clayton, a goodsome schooner.”
betterish
  1. Somewhat better; of somewhat superior sort.
betther
  1. (imitating Irish accent) Eye dialect spelling of better.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The toothache an' cholic together id compose you betther for an argyment than itself.”
      “An' sure if he tuck as much as he could from huz, an' GeV as little as he could to the parson, wasn't it all so much the betther?”
      “Well done nick, and the divil a betther could it be said if I said it myself.”
gooder
  1. (humorous) comparative form of good: more good
bettermost
  1. (colloquial) best, superior
goode
  1. Obsolete spelling of good
  2. Examples:
    1. “And it seme to some oer folk at noblesse of renoun be e souerein goode.”
      “For shee holdeth dixi et solvavi animam meam to bee a goode rule, and thatt it is nott a goode thinge to goe away with wrathe pente up in ye boosum.”
      “We invited Erich Goode to submit a brief comment in response to Glenn Sparks's article.”
bettererer
  1. (humorous) Synonym of better
bettererererer
  1. (humorous) Synonym of better
bestestest
  1. (humorous) Synonym of best
bestestestest
  1. (humorous) Synonym of best
bestestestestest
  1. (humorous) Synonym of best
bestestestestestest
  1. (humorous) Synonym of best
bestest
  1. (humorous) best; very best; superlative form of best: most best
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Out of all the contestants, she was declared the bestest singer, with her incredible vocal range and stage presence.”
goodlier
goodliest
bester
  1. (humorous) comparative form of best: more best
  2. Examples:
    1. “One looks at artists like Willie Bester, Patrick Mautloa and Kay Hassan who find their materials on the scrap heap and build them into powerful works.”
      Bester was just one of the heroes in a Bulldog team which took the field minus star fullback Tiger Mangweni who was a late withdrawal with a pulled hamstring.”
      “The agreement was signed between Iran's Sunir Company and Spain's Bester Company in Tehran on Monday.”
goodest
  1. (humorous) superlative form of good: most good
  2. Examples:
    1. “The rooms are good, the meals are gooder, and the conveniences are goodest of all.”
      “We have choosen that method we consider goodest, ACT Pro that has shown itself last the method that gives goodest cleaning effect and is environmental it best.”
bested
bested
besting
bettered
bettering
betterfied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of betterfy
betterfying
  1. present participle of betterfy
gooded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of good
gooding
  1. present participle of good
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