pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis[Lat], one in a thousand.
     beneficence &c. 906; good man &c. 948. 
     V. be beneficial &c.  Adj.; produce good, do good &c. 618; profit &c.
(be of use) 644; benefit; confer a benefit &c. 618.
     be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of.
     produce a good effect; do a good turn, confer an obligation; improve
&c. 658.
     do no harm, break no bones.
     be good &c. adj.; excel, transcend &c. (be superior) 33; bear away the
bell.
     stand the proof, stand the test; pass muster, pass an examination.
     challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival. 
     Adj. harmless, hurtless[obs3]; unobnoxious[obs3], innocuous, innocent,
inoffensive.
     beneficial, valuable, of value; serviceable &c. (useful) 644;
advantageous, edifying, profitable; salutary &c. (healthful) 656.
     favorable; propitious &c. (hope-giving) 858; fair.
     good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior &c. 33; above par;
nice, fine; genuine &c. (true) 494.
     best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless;
unparagoned[obs3], unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33; superlatively &c. 33; good; bully*, crackajack*[obs3], giltedged; superfine, superexcellent[obs3]; of the first water; first-rate, first-class; high-wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal; standard &c. (perfect) 650; inimitable.
     admirable, estimable; praiseworthy &c. (approve) 931; pleasing &c.
829; couleur de rose[Fr], precious, of great price; costly &c. (dear) 814; worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew’s eye; priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye.
     tolerable &c. (not very good) 651; up to the mark, unexceptionable,
unobjectionable; satisfactory, tidy.
     in good condition, in fair condition; fresh; sound &c. (perfect) 650. 
     Adv. beneficially &c. adj.; well &c. 618. 
     Phr.  “Jewels five words long” [Tennyson]; “long may such goodness
live!” [Rogers]; “the luxury of doing good” [Goldsmith].

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     #649. [Capability of producing evil.  Bad qualities.] Badness. —­ N.
hurtfulness &c.  Adj[obs3].; virulence.
     evil doer &c. 913; bane &c. 663; plague spot &c. (insalubrity) 657;
evil star, ill wind; hoodoo; Jonah; snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet; amari aliquid[Lat][obs3], thorn in the side.
     malignity; malevolence &c. 907; tender mercies [ironically].
     ill-treatment, annoyance, molestation, abuse, oppression, persecution,
outrage; misusage &c. 679; injury &c. (damage) 659; knockout drops [U.  S.].
     badness &c. adj.; peccancy[obs3], abomination; painfulness &c. 830;
pestilence &c. (disease) 655; guilt &c. 947; depravity &c. 945. 
     V. be hurtful &c. adj.; cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work
evil, do evil &c. 619; damnify[obs3], endamage[obs3],