Well

Synonyms of well • adverb • as in fine • as in generously • as in masterfully • as in kindly • as in nicely • as in perfectly • as in smoothly • interjection • as in oh • noun • as in source • as in pool • adjective • as in healthy • • as in fine • as in generously • as in masterfully • as in kindly • as in nicely • as in perfectly • as in smoothly • as in oh • as in source • as in pool • as in healthy • Synonym Chooser • Phrases Containing • Related Articles • Entries Near •

• all is well idiom • at the best of times idiom • be the last word in something idiom • better • better still phrase • burnished • gold standard • good • high-quality • knock something into a cocked hat idiom • leave someone/something in the dust idiom • miles idiom • next-best • second • sound • super good • topper • unsurpassed • up your game idiom • uplift May as well and might as well We can use may as well and might as well for making suggestions. We can use them to say what we think is the easiest or most logical course of action when we cannot see a better alternative. They are both fairly informal. Might as well is more common than may as well: … • backsplash • be dripping with something idiom • bleed • counter-stream • decant • drainage • drip • leakage • respray • ripple • run a bath phrase • run someone/something over • runnel • runoff • spate • swill • swirl • swirling • top something up • trickle (Definition of well from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Usage Note: English speakers have used well both as an adjective and as an adverb since Old English times. When applied to people, the adjective well usually refers to a state of health. Like similar adjectives, such as ill and faint, well in this use is normally restricted to the predicate, as in He hasn't been well lately. Well does see occasional use before a noun, as in Benjamin Franklin's " Poor Dick eats like a well man, and drinks like a sick." It also appears in compound adjectives like well-baby and well-child, which are widely used by health-care providers. Good, on the other hand, has a much wider range of senses, including "attractive," as in He looks good, and "competent," as in She's pretty good for a beginner, as well as "healthy." See Usage Note at 'How are you?' – 'I'm very well, thank you.' Most British speakers do not use well in front of a noun. They don't say, for example, ' He's a well man'. They say 'He's well'. However, American and Scottish speakers sometimes use well in front of a noun. When well is an adjective, it does not have a comparative form. However, you can use better to say that the health of a sick person has improved. When better is used like this, it means 'less ill'. Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012 well Past participle: welled Gerund: welling Imperative well well Present I well you well he/she/it wells we well you well they well Preterite I welled you welled he/she/it welled we welled y...