DICTOMETER

WELL

(well, bien, bueno, pozo, pues, ricamente, borehull, brønn, godt, vel)

1. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Wellspring
   • Fountainhead
   Definitions:
   • an abundant source
   Examples:
   • She was a well of information
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Swell
   Definitions:
   • come up, as of a liquid
   Examples:
   • Tears well in her eyes
   • The currents well up
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
   Examples:
   • Appears to be entirely well
   • The wound is nearly well
   • A well man
   • I think I'm well
   • At least I feel well
   Antonyms:
   • ILL
   • afflicted, stricken
   • aguish
   • ailing, indisposed, peaked(predicate), poorly(predicate), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy
   • airsick, air sick, carsick, seasick
   • autistic
   • bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed
   • bilious, liverish, livery
   • bronchitic
   • consumptive
   • convalescent, recovering
   • delirious, hallucinating
   • diabetic
   • dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous
   • dyspeptic
   • faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded
   • feverish, feverous
   • funny
   • gouty
   • green
   • laid low(predicate), stricken
   • laid up(predicate)
   • milk-sick
   • nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish
   • palsied
   • paralytic, paralyzed
   • paraplegic
   • rickety, rachitic
   • scrofulous
   • sneezy
   • spastic
   • tubercular, tuberculous
   • unhealed
   • upset
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Good
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • resulting favorably
   Examples:
   • It's a good thing that I wasn't there
   • It is good that you stayed
   • It is well that no one saw you
   • All's well that ends well
   Antonyms:
   • Unfortunate
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • wise or advantageous and hence advisable
   Examples:
   • It would be well to start early
   Antonyms:
   • Inadvisable
   • Unadvisable
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Good
   Definitions:
   • (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
   Examples:
   • The children behaved well
   • A task well done
   • The party went well
   • He slept well
   • A well-argued thesis
   • A well-seasoned dish
   • A well-planned party
   • The baby can walk pretty good
   Antonyms:
   ill, badly, poorly
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • thoroughly or completely
   • fully
   • often used as a combining form
   Examples:
   • The problem is well understood
   • She was well informed
   • Shake well before using
   • In order to avoid food poisoning be sure the meat is well cooked
   • Well-done beef, well-satisfied customers
   • Well-educated
   Antonyms:
   ill, badly
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Easily
   Definitions:
   • indicating high probability
   • in all likelihood
   Examples:
   • I might well do it
   • A mistake that could easily have ended in disaster
   • You may well need your umbrella
   • He could equally well be trying to deceive us
   Antonyms:
   badly
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
   Examples:
   • A book well worth reading
   • Was well aware of the difficulties ahead
   • Suspected only too well what might be going on
   Antonyms:
   badly, disadvantageously
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
   Examples:
   • The project was well underway
   • The fetus has well developed organs
   • His father was well pleased with his grades
   Antonyms:
   badly
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • favorably
   • with approval
   Examples:
   • Their neighbors spoke well of them
   • He thought well of the book
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Considerably
   • Substantially
   Definitions:
   • to a great extent or degree
   Examples:
   • I'm afraid the film was well over budget
   • Painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
   • The house has fallen considerably in value
   • The price went up substantially
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Intimately
   Definitions:
   • with great or especially intimate knowledge
   Examples:
   • We knew them well
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • with prudence or propriety
   Examples:
   • You would do well to say nothing more
   • Could not well refuse
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Well
    Definitions:
    • with skill or in a pleasing manner
    Examples:
    • She dances well
    • He writes well
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Well
    • Advantageously
    Definitions:
    • in a manner affording benefit or advantage
    Examples:
    • She married well
    • The children were settled advantageously in Seattle
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Well
    • Comfortably
    Definitions:
    • in financial comfort
    Examples:
    • They live well
    • She has been able to live comfortably since her husband died
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Well
    Definitions:
    • without unusual distress or resentment
    • with good humor
    Examples:
    • Took the joke well
    • Took the tragic news well