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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb well Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb well Entailment of verb well Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb well 1 sense of well Sense 1 well swell => surface, come up rise up rise Familiarity of verb well well used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb well Sense 1 well swell => surface, come up rise up rise -------------- Grep of noun well abbott lawrence lowell air well amy lowell artesian well bilge well boswell caldwell common speedwell corn speedwell cromwell dame edith louisa sitwell dame edith sitwell david john moore cornwell driven well erskine caldwell erskine preston caldwell false gromwell fare-thee-well farewell field speedwell gas well george orwell germander speedwell get-well card gromwell ground swell heavy swell inkwell j. c. maxwell james boswell james clerk maxwell joseph warren stilwell kwell lowell maxwell motherwell ne'er-do-well norman rockwell oil well oliver cromwell orwell percival lowell purslane speedwell robert lowell robert motherwell rockwell roswell sitwell speedwell stairwell stilwell swell thyme-leaved speedwell tube well vinegar joe stilwell water speedwell well well-being well-wisher well-wishing well point well water wellbeing wellerism welles wellhead wellington wellington boot wellpoint wells wellspring wildcat well word of farewell Overview of noun well The noun well has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (8) well -- (a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine) 2. (1) well -- (a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid) 3. well wellspring, fountainhead -- (an abundant source; "she was a well of information") 4. well -- (an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)) 5. well -- (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) Overview of verb well The verb well has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) well swell -- (come up as of liquids: "Tears well in her eyes") Overview of adj well The adj well has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) well -- (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well at least I feel well") 2. (3) good, well -- (resulting favorably; "its 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") 3. (3) well -- (wise or advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be well to start early") Overview of adv well The adv well has 13 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (76) well good -- ((often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard; "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-planned party"; (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well' as in "the baby can walk pretty good")) 2. (32) well -- (thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form "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") 3. (16) well easily -- (indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "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") 4. (6) well -- ((used for emphasis or as an intensifier) "a book well worth reading"; "was well aware of the difficulties ahead"; "suspected only too well what might be going on") 5. (4) well -- (to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree; "the project was well underway"; "the fetus has well developed organs"; "his father was well pleased with his grades") 6. (4) well -- (favorably; with approval; "their neighbors spoke well of them"; "he thought well of the book") 7. (2) well considerably, substantially -- (to a great extent or degree; "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. (1) well intimately -- (with great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well) 9. well -- (with prudence or propriety; "You would do well to say nothing more"; "could not well refuse") 10. well -- (with skill or in a pleasing manner; "she dances well"; "he writes well") 11. well advantageously -- (in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle") 12. well comfortably -- (in financial comfort; "They live well"; "she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died") 13. well -- (without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor; "took the joke well"; "took the tragic news well") Antonyms of adj well 3 senses of well Sense 1 well (vs. ill) ill (vs. well), sick => afflicted, stricken => aguish => ailing, indisposed, peaked(prenominal), poorly(prenominal), sickly, unwell => airsick, carsick, seasick => bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, infirm, 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 => laid low(prenominal), stricken => menstruating, unwell => nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish => scrofulous => tubercular, tuberculous => unhealed => upset => green => laid up(prenominal) => sneezy => spastic Sense 2 good, well(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA fortunate) -> unfortunate Sense 3 well(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA advisable) -> inadvisable, unadvisable Similarity of adj well 3 senses of well Sense 1 well (vs. ill) => all right fine => asymptomatic, symptomless => cured, healed, recovered => good(prenominal) Also See-> fit#3, healthy#4; healthy#1 Sense 2 good, well(prenominal) => fortunate (vs. unfortunate) Sense 3 well(prenominal) => advisable (vs. inadvisable) Attributes of adj well Familiarity of adj well well used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj well farewell hail-fellow-well-met swell unwell well well-adjusted well-advised well-appointed well-balanced well-behaved well-bound well-bred well-chosen well-conducted well-connected well-defined well-disposed well-done well-educated well-endowed well-favored well-favoured well-fed well-fixed well-formed well-found well-founded well-grooved well-grounded well-heeled well-informed well-intentioned well-kept well-knit well-known well-lighted well-lined well-made well-mannered well-marked well-matched well-meaning well-meant well-mined well-nourished well-off well-ordered well-preserved well-proportioned well-qualified well-read well-rounded well-set well-shaven well-situated well-spoken well-stacked well-thought-of well-timed well-to-do well-tried well-turned well-wishing well-worn well-written well aware well behaved well endowed well known well thought out well timed wellborn Overview of noun well The noun well has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (8) well -- (a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine) 2. (1) well -- (a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid) 3. well wellspring, fountainhead -- (an abundant source; "she was a well of information") 4. well -- (an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)) 5. well -- (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) Overview of verb well The verb well has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) well swell -- (come up as of liquids: "Tears well in her eyes") Overview of adj well The adj well has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) well -- (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well at least I feel well") 2. (3) good, well -- (resulting favorably; "its 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") 3. (3) well -- (wise or advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be well to start early") Overview of adv well The adv well has 13 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (76) well good -- ((often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard; "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-planned party"; (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well' as in "the baby can walk pretty good")) 2. (32) well -- (thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form "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") 3. (16) well easily -- (indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "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") 4. (6) well -- ((used for emphasis or as an intensifier) "a book well worth reading"; "was well aware of the difficulties ahead"; "suspected only too well what might be going on") 5. (4) well -- (to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree; "the project was well underway"; "the fetus has well developed organs"; "his father was well pleased with his grades") 6. (4) well -- (favorably; with approval; "their neighbors spoke well of them"; "he thought well of the book") 7. (2) well considerably, substantially -- (to a great extent or degree; "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. (1) well intimately -- (with great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well) 9. well -- (with prudence or propriety; "You would do well to say nothing more"; "could not well refuse") 10. well -- (with skill or in a pleasing manner; "she dances well"; "he writes well") 11. well advantageously -- (in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle") 12. well comfortably -- (in financial comfort; "They live well"; "she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died") 13. well -- (without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor; "took the joke well"; "took the tragic news well")
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