Good and Required

Good

Good adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Usage example: those rotten apples aren't good to eat

Required and good are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Required" instead an adjective "Good".

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Required

Required adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

Good and required are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Good" instead an adjective "Required".

Nearby Words: requirement, requiring

Both words in one sentence

  • Ambiguous Innocence The related idea of the "Fall" being a good thing is very common (perhaps even required) in works where God Is Evil and/or Satan Is Good.
  • Presumably the spider takes the time to kill it the 100 times required to kill Everyman for good; fortunately this is a good distraction.
  • Video Game / Lunar: The Silver Star In the full version of the game, it is not possible to do this, with good reason: the ocarina has a single required use.
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