Antonyms for well
| Grammar : Adj, adv, noun |
| Spell : wel |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɛl |
- badly
- conclusion
- consequence
- difficultly
- diseased
- effect
- end
- failing
- ill
- inadequately
- inappropriate
- inappropriately
- incapably
- incomplete
- incompletely
- incorrectly
- infirm
- insignificantly
- insufficiently
- languishing
- little
- mistakenly
- outgrowth
- partially
- poor
- result
- rough
- sick
- slightly
- small
- unfit
- unfitting
- unfortunate
- unhappy
- unhealthy
- unlucky
- unpleasantly
- unsuitable
- unsuitably
- unsuited
- weak
- wrongly
Definition of well
Origin :- "in a satisfactory manner," Old English wel, common Germanic (cf. Old Saxon wela, Old Norse vel, Old Frisian wel, Dutch wel, Old High German wela, German wohl, Gothic waila "well"), from PIE *wel-, *wol- (cf. Sanskrit prati varam "at will," Old Church Slavonic vole "well," Welsh gwell "better," Latin velle "to wish, will," Old English willan "to wish;" see will (v.)). Also used in Old English as an interjection and an expression of surprise. Well-to-do "prosperous" is recorded from 1825.
- adj healthy
- adj lucky, fortunate
- adv happily, pleasantly; capably
- adv sufficiently
- noun water hole
- Well, I've got to take the madam and the young folks over to the Casino.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Dal says he asked 'em, and he says they says, 'Well, why not?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "I never saw a philosopher that dressed so well as Plato," said Eudora.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- You can just as well get into the hundred million class as not, and I know it.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Well, I'm buying and she's selling, and we'll have that money back.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Headley is a well-reported, God-fearing man, and will do well by thee.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Still he is well spotted, and them freckles mean iron in the blood.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I tell you he's alive and well, only he's lost your money and Pish's and mine and his own.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You may have noticed that night at the Oldakers'—well, women, Mr. Bines, are uncertain.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Well, if you have any business, you may state it at once, as I am quite busy.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
Synonyms for well
- able-bodied
- ably
- abundantly
- abyss
- accurately
- adeptly
- adequately
- admirably
- advisable
- agreeable
- agreeably
- alive and kicking
- amply
- appropriately
- attentively
- becomingly
- blooming
- bore
- bright
- bright-eyed
- bushy-tailed
- by a wide margin
- capitally
- carefully
- chasm
- chipper
- closely
- comfortable
- commendably
- competently
- completely
- conscientiously
- considerably
- correctly
- depression
- derivation
- easily
- effectively
- efficiently
- effortlessly
- entirely
- excellently
- expertly
- extremely
- famously
- far
- favorably
- fine
- fit
- fitting
- fittingly
- flourishing
- fount
- fountain
- fountainhead
- freely
- fresh
- fully
- geyser
- good
- great
- greatly
- hale
- happy
- hardy
- heartily
- hearty
- highly
- hole
- husky
- in a satisfactory manner
- in good health
- in the pink
- inception
- irreproachably
- luxuriantly
- mine
- mouth
- nicely
- origin
- pit
- pleasing
- plentifully
- pool
- proficiently
- profitable
- profoundly
- proper
- properly
- prosperous
- providential
- prudent
- quite
- rather
- readily
- repository
- reservoir
- right
- right as rain
- rightly
- robust
- root
- sane
- satisfactorily
- satisfactory
- shaft
- skillfully
- smoothly
- solid as a rock
- somewhat
- sound
- soundly
- source
- spa
- splendidly
- spout
- spring
- springs
- strong
- strong as an ox
- strongly
- substantially
- successfully
- suitably
- thoroughly
- thriving
- together
- trim
- up to par
- useful
- very much
- vigorous
- watering place
- wellspring
- whole
- wholesome
- wholly
- with skill
- wrapped tight
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