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| NOUN: | 1. One's portable property. Used in plural: belonging (often used in plural), effect (used in plural), lares and penates, personal effects, personal property, possession (used in plural), property, thing (often used in plural). Informal : stuff. Law : chattel, movable (often used in plural). See OWNED. 2. A product or products bought and sold in commerce. Used in plural: commodity, line, merchandise, ware. See MATTER, TRANSACTIONS. 3. The quality or state of being morally sound: goodness, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness. See RIGHT. 4. Something that contributes to or increases one's well-being: advantage, benefit, interest (often used in plural), profit. See HELP. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having the ability to perform well: able, capable, competent, skilled, skillful. See ABILITY. 2. To one's liking: agreeable, congenial, favorable, grateful, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome. See LIKE. 3. Not counterfeit or copied: actual, authentic, bona fide, genuine, indubitable, original, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable. See TRUE. 4. Affording benefit: advantageous, benefic, beneficent, beneficial, benignant, favorable, helpful, profitable, propitious, salutary, toward, useful. See HELP. 5. Characterized by kindness and concern for others: altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, goodhearted, kind1, kindhearted, kindly. See ATTITUDE, KIND. 6. Notably above average in amount, size, or scope: big, considerable, extensive, great, healthy, large, large-scale, sizable. Informal : tidy. See BIG. 7. Suited to one's end or purpose: appropriate, befitting, convenient, expedient, fit1, meet2, proper, suitable, tailor-made, useful. See AGREE, GOOD. 8. Beyond reproach: blameless, exemplary, irreprehensible, irreproachable, lily-white, unblamable. See RIGHT. 9. Indicative of future success or full of promise: auspicious, benign, bright, brilliant, fair, favorable, fortunate, propitious. See LUCK. 10. Having pleasant desirable qualities: nice. Scots : bonny, braw. See GOOD. 11. In excellent condition: entire, flawless, intact, perfect, sound2, unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, whole. See THRIVE. 12. Well above average: high-grade, nice. See GOOD, ABILITY. 13. Having or marked by uprightness in principle and action: honest, honorable, incorruptible, righteous, true, upright, upstanding. Informal : straight-shooting. Idioms: on the up-and-up (or up and up) . See HONEST. 14. Not more or less: complete, entire, full, perfect, round, whole. See PART, PRECISE.
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