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GOOD PERSON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is good to other people
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("good person" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "good person"):
benefactor; helper (a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help))
brick (a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy)
giver (someone who devotes himself completely)
good egg ((old-fashioned slang) a good person)
mensch; mensh (a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics)
plaster saint (a person (considered to be) without human failings)
rock ((figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable)
angel; holy man; holy person; saint (person of exceptional holiness)
square shooter; straight arrow; straight shooter (a frank and honest person)
sweetheart (any well-liked individual)
trouper (a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working)
Antonym:
bad person (a person who does harm to others)
