goodynoun
uk/ˈɡʊd.i/us/ˈɡʊd.i/informalgoody noun (PLEASANT THING)
[ C usually plural ] an object that people want or enjoy, often something nice to eat:
All the children were given a bag of goodies - mostly sweets and toys.
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Pleasure and happiness
- abandon
- afterglow
- bed
- bed of roses idiom
- bliss
- delirium
- exaltation
- exult
- feast
- felicity
- fulfilment
- fun
- gaiety
- jovial
- joy
- joyful
- joyous
- jubilation
- savour
- stardust
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goody noun (PERSON)
[ C ] UK someone, especially in a film or story, who is good:
It's one of those films where you don't know until the last moment who are the goodies and who are the baddies.
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People having good qualities
- advertisement
- altruism
- angel
- be the salt of the earth idiom
- brick
- bunch
- dear
- enchant
- enchantress
- gem
- not be as black as you are painted idiom
- paragon
- poppet
- rough diamond
- saint
- salt
- softie
- sweetheart
- sweetie
- treasure
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goodyexclamation
uk/ˈɡʊd.i/us/ˈɡʊd.i/informal or child's wordused to show pleasure:
Oh goody! Chocolate cake.
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Linguistics: interjections
- (well) what do you know! idiom
- aiyo
- aw shucks
- awesomesauce
- bam
- bless
- boo
- charming
- good show idiom
- goodness
- heck
- hot dog! idiom
- same to you idiom
- stuff and nonsense idiom
- talk
- use your loaf idiom
- voilà
- wake up! idiom
- what an idea! idiom
- yes
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