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1. (noun) well
a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
Synonyms: fountainhead, wellspring
Antonyms: feverish, bronchitic, poorly(p), woozy, rachitic, sickly, upset, queasy, paraplegic, laid up(p), unfortunate, consumptive, feverous, palsied, nauseated, laid low(p), spastic, green, bedfast, unwell, livery, sickish, faint, unhealed, ill, under the weather, giddy, light, inadvisable, bedridden, light-headed, peaked(p), rickety, sick, bedrid, stricken, lightheaded, delirious, scrofulous, nauseous, convalescent, liverish, afflicted, carsick, milk-sick, aguish, tubercular, vertiginous, unadvisable, air sick, dyspeptic, dizzy, hallucinating, ailing, autistic, seasick, paralyzed, diabetic, airsick, sick-abed, swooning, tuberculous, recovering, sneezy, seedy, bilious, funny, gouty, indisposed, paralytic, poorly, badly, disadvantageously

2. (noun) well
a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
Synonyms: fountainhead, wellspring
Antonyms: seedy, airsick, unwell, sick, liverish, rickety, light-headed, rachitic, unadvisable, hallucinating, scrofulous, sickish, unhealed, indisposed, sick-abed, afflicted, stricken, tubercular, sickly, peaked(p), dizzy, bilious, ill, inadvisable, under the weather, swooning, aguish, sneezy, milk-sick, diabetic, green, carsick, dyspeptic, tuberculous, woozy, spastic, paralytic, autistic, lightheaded, livery, nauseous, poorly(p), seasick, paraplegic, bedrid, bedfast, delirious, consumptive, paralyzed, feverous, recovering, funny, nauseated, faint, palsied, vertiginous, queasy, bedridden, laid low(p), unfortunate, ailing, upset, giddy, convalescent, gouty, bronchitic, feverish, air sick, laid up(p), light, badly, poorly, disadvantageously

3. (noun) well, wellspring, fountainhead
an abundant source
Synonyms: fountainhead, headspring, well, head, wellspring, wellhead
Antonyms: hallucinating, tuberculous, stricken, airsick, indisposed, inadvisable, rachitic, livery, woozy, palsied, queasy, scrofulous, bedfast, tubercular, sickly, paralytic, diabetic, funny, bilious, poorly(p), sickish, nauseated, lightheaded, delirious, air sick, dyspeptic, unwell, green, feverous, dizzy, sick, convalescent, liverish, nauseous, paralyzed, faint, bedrid, spastic, afflicted, autistic, unfortunate, light, consumptive, unhealed, rickety, under the weather, swooning, vertiginous, laid up(p), peaked(p), gouty, bedridden, milk-sick, aguish, seasick, light-headed, feverish, sick-abed, unadvisable, carsick, giddy, sneezy, upset, laid low(p), ill, ailing, seedy, paraplegic, bronchitic, recovering, badly, disadvantageously, poorly

4. (noun) well
an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
Synonyms: fountainhead, wellspring
Antonyms: stricken, carsick, unhealed, spastic, dyspeptic, sick-abed, funny, liverish, paralyzed, sick, lightheaded, giddy, under the weather, air sick, upset, hallucinating, light, diabetic, airsick, unwell, faint, bedfast, unadvisable, livery, indisposed, ill, bedrid, queasy, unfortunate, dizzy, tubercular, feverish, scrofulous, laid low(p), bilious, delirious, paraplegic, rickety, aguish, palsied, paralytic, swooning, consumptive, gouty, bronchitic, rachitic, vertiginous, nauseated, nauseous, laid up(p), tuberculous, sneezy, milk-sick, light-headed, sickly, afflicted, autistic, feverous, seedy, sickish, recovering, ailing, poorly(p), convalescent, green, inadvisable, woozy, seasick, bedridden, peaked(p), badly, poorly, disadvantageously

5. (adj) 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
Synonyms: fountainhead, wellspring
Antonyms: stricken, laid up(p), unwell, ill, dyspeptic, woozy, faint, swooning, sickish, light, sick-abed, nauseated, rachitic, vertiginous, bedridden, dizzy, air sick, light-headed, delirious, gouty, scrofulous, sick, peaked(p), seasick, tubercular, sneezy, milk-sick, indisposed, queasy, sickly, bedfast, seedy, consumptive, ailing, poorly(p), palsied, bilious, paralytic, feverous, convalescent, unfortunate, hallucinating, autistic, inadvisable, recovering, under the weather, carsick, giddy, upset, livery, afflicted, paralyzed, liverish, diabetic, airsick, bedrid, green, tuberculous, unadvisable, laid low(p), unhealed, rickety, funny, paraplegic, spastic, lightheaded, bronchitic, nauseous, feverish, aguish, badly, disadvantageously, poorly

6. (adj) well
in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
Synonyms: good, well(p)
Antonyms: bronchitic, laid low(p), diabetic, livery, dizzy, sickly, tubercular, bedridden, laid up(p), paralyzed, stricken, seasick, seedy, bedrid, unfortunate, convalescent, ill, air sick, dyspeptic, delirious, inadvisable, light-headed, spastic, light, swooning, paralytic, vertiginous, bedfast, feverish, gouty, faint, queasy, under the weather, lightheaded, autistic, consumptive, indisposed, ailing, unhealed, sickish, carsick, poorly(p), nauseous, sneezy, nauseated, sick, tuberculous, unadvisable, rachitic, milk-sick, peaked(p), upset, bilious, woozy, sick-abed, rickety, aguish, liverish, afflicted, recovering, airsick, green, hallucinating, unwell, scrofulous, feverous, palsied, giddy, funny, paraplegic, disadvantageously, badly, poorly

7. (adj) good, well(p)
resulting favorably
Antonyms: autistic, laid up(p), upset, bronchitic, laid low(p), woozy, light, feverous, green, rachitic, under the weather, milk-sick, faint, consumptive, queasy, dizzy, inadvisable, stricken, indisposed, bedfast, light-headed, recovering, airsick, sick, paraplegic, gouty, bilious, sneezy, dyspeptic, diabetic, unwell, sickish, liverish, carsick, seasick, bedrid, poorly(p), convalescent, nauseated, feverish, sickly, unadvisable, rickety, livery, nauseous, delirious, peaked(p), lightheaded, scrofulous, hallucinating, giddy, seedy, funny, paralyzed, ill, tuberculous, bedridden, sick-abed, aguish, tubercular, afflicted, paralytic, palsied, spastic, swooning, unfortunate, unhealed, air sick, ailing, vertiginous, badly, disadvantageously, poorly

8. (verb) well(p)
wise or advantageous and hence advisable
Antonyms: vertiginous, tubercular, gouty, ailing, faint, bilious, spastic, liverish, woozy, scrofulous, upset, giddy, milk-sick, green, hallucinating, recovering, lightheaded, consumptive, poorly(p), unwell, queasy, ill, tuberculous, autistic, light, seasick, livery, afflicted, bronchitic, sick, paralyzed, bedrid, feverish, sickish, dyspeptic, paraplegic, unadvisable, indisposed, diabetic, bedridden, unfortunate, convalescent, airsick, laid low(p), sneezy, air sick, swooning, bedfast, unhealed, sickly, paralytic, palsied, funny, seedy, nauseated, peaked(p), carsick, light-headed, rachitic, nauseous, stricken, feverous, under the weather, aguish, inadvisable, rickety, laid up(p), sick-abed, dizzy, delirious, badly, poorly, disadvantageously

9. (adverb) well, swell
come up, as of a liquid
Synonyms: swell up, swell, well up, tumefy, intumesce, tumesce, puff up, well
Antonyms: stricken, sneezy, nauseous, livery, feverish, spastic, faint, milk-sick, rickety, funny, seedy, sick-abed, convalescent, aguish, paralytic, peaked(p), sick, tubercular, light-headed, laid up(p), airsick, palsied, liverish, dyspeptic, bedrid, unfortunate, unadvisable, air sick, green, consumptive, bilious, diabetic, rachitic, vertiginous, ill, sickish, sickly, woozy, ailing, under the weather, swooning, unhealed, paraplegic, afflicted, hallucinating, feverous, bedridden, giddy, bedfast, poorly(p), indisposed, queasy, lightheaded, gouty, seasick, bronchitic, dizzy, nauseated, laid low(p), unwell, paralyzed, delirious, light, scrofulous, recovering, tuberculous, upset, carsick, inadvisable, autistic, badly, poorly, disadvantageously

10. (adverb) well, good
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
Synonyms: soundly, considerably, easily, comfortably, good, substantially, advantageously, thoroughly, intimately, well
Antonyms: paralytic, vertiginous, inadvisable, dyspeptic, indisposed, seasick, faint, paraplegic, bronchitic, upset, seedy, laid low(p), convalescent, bedridden, autistic, recovering, queasy, airsick, unhealed, peaked(p), feverous, swooning, diabetic, tuberculous, unadvisable, gouty, ill, stricken, paralyzed, dizzy, sick, light-headed, bedrid, feverish, unfortunate, carsick, rachitic, consumptive, sneezy, ailing, delirious, bilious, light, spastic, woozy, green, air sick, under the weather, milk-sick, funny, tubercular, livery, palsied, sick-abed, bedfast, nauseated, giddy, rickety, afflicted, hallucinating, sickly, unwell, aguish, liverish, scrofulous, poorly(p), lightheaded, nauseous, laid up(p), sickish, poorly, disadvantageously, badly

11. (adverb) well
thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
Synonyms: good, considerably, easily, substantially, intimately, advantageously, comfortably
Antonyms: gouty, palsied, indisposed, livery, diabetic, lightheaded, sick-abed, sick, rachitic, scrofulous, bedfast, seedy, bilious, afflicted, autistic, inadvisable, delirious, hallucinating, air sick, nauseated, tuberculous, under the weather, aguish, feverish, laid up(p), bedrid, consumptive, convalescent, faint, vertiginous, funny, sickly, paralyzed, light, airsick, ailing, nauseous, swooning, laid low(p), woozy, unadvisable, stricken, upset, unfortunate, recovering, dyspeptic, feverous, ill, peaked(p), poorly(p), milk-sick, dizzy, giddy, carsick, sickish, unwell, tubercular, paralytic, sneezy, bedridden, green, light-headed, seasick, liverish, rickety, unhealed, spastic, bronchitic, paraplegic, queasy, badly, poorly, disadvantageously

12. (adverb) well, easily
indicating high probability; in all likelihood
Synonyms: considerably, easily, comfortably, good, substantially, advantageously, easy, intimately, well
Antonyms: bedridden, paraplegic, under the weather, air sick, indisposed, ailing, aguish, inadvisable, sickish, upset, faint, paralytic, diabetic, paralyzed, unfortunate, unadvisable, sick-abed, bedrid, milk-sick, woozy, giddy, sickly, green, livery, consumptive, palsied, feverish, swooning, seedy, laid low(p), queasy, stricken, poorly(p), bronchitic, bedfast, dizzy, laid up(p), recovering, tubercular, nauseous, peaked(p), afflicted, dyspeptic, feverous, spastic, funny, rachitic, sick, light, convalescent, unhealed, gouty, light-headed, delirious, autistic, airsick, hallucinating, bilious, scrofulous, nauseated, unwell, tuberculous, ill, seasick, carsick, rickety, sneezy, vertiginous, lightheaded, liverish, poorly, badly, disadvantageously

13. (adverb) well
(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
Synonyms: good, considerably, easily, substantially, intimately, advantageously, comfortably
Antonyms: spastic, dizzy, sickish, tubercular, sick, nauseous, airsick, rickety, stricken, ailing, paralyzed, light, carsick, consumptive, sneezy, sickly, air sick, ill, bilious, vertiginous, milk-sick, woozy, seedy, light-headed, seasick, convalescent, liverish, queasy, under the weather, autistic, feverous, funny, unadvisable, nauseated, livery, hallucinating, laid up(p), bedfast, afflicted, diabetic, tuberculous, faint, paraplegic, poorly(p), delirious, rachitic, gouty, giddy, sick-abed, swooning, scrofulous, peaked(p), inadvisable, lightheaded, unfortunate, unhealed, paralytic, palsied, aguish, upset, bronchitic, unwell, recovering, indisposed, laid low(p), bedrid, feverish, dyspeptic, bedridden, green, poorly, disadvantageously, badly

14. (adverb) well
to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
Synonyms: good, considerably, easily, substantially, intimately, advantageously, comfortably
Antonyms: paralytic, dizzy, dyspeptic, light, peaked(p), faint, palsied, under the weather, upset, bronchitic, unhealed, unadvisable, green, lightheaded, gouty, woozy, laid low(p), hallucinating, seasick, bilious, ailing, afflicted, paraplegic, feverish, paralyzed, stricken, unfortunate, nauseous, spastic, diabetic, sickly, air sick, livery, swooning, inadvisable, seedy, sick, convalescent, rachitic, scrofulous, funny, vertiginous, light-headed, queasy, indisposed, sickish, airsick, delirious, laid up(p), giddy, carsick, recovering, sick-abed, nauseated, ill, bedfast, feverous, liverish, unwell, autistic, rickety, bedrid, tubercular, aguish, bedridden, tuberculous, poorly(p), milk-sick, consumptive, sneezy, badly, poorly, disadvantageously

15. (adverb) well
favorably; with approval
Synonyms: good, considerably, easily, substantially, intimately, advantageously, comfortably
Antonyms: dyspeptic, spastic, convalescent, feverish, sick, bedfast, unwell, unadvisable, stricken, paraplegic, sickish, ill, hallucinating, carsick, sneezy, bedrid, paralyzed, rachitic, livery, dizzy, under the weather, bilious, green, upset, consumptive, bronchitic, diabetic, liverish, queasy, indisposed, sickly, laid up(p), rickety, laid low(p), afflicted, peaked(p), feverous, faint, light, ailing, delirious, gouty, seasick, paralytic, tubercular, airsick, recovering, sick-abed, seedy, nauseous, woozy, swooning, nauseated, autistic, light-headed, scrofulous, vertiginous, palsied, unfortunate, milk-sick, unhealed, giddy, air sick, aguish, bedridden, tuberculous, lightheaded, poorly(p), inadvisable, funny, badly, disadvantageously, poorly

16. (adverb) well, considerably, substantially
to a great extent or degree
Synonyms: considerably, easily, comfortably, good, substantially, advantageously, intimately, well
Antonyms: aguish, queasy, giddy, delirious, seasick, feverish, dizzy, light, peaked(p), bronchitic, livery, afflicted, sickly, consumptive, convalescent, paralyzed, swooning, tuberculous, rachitic, upset, recovering, funny, bilious, carsick, seedy, milk-sick, autistic, faint, ailing, sneezy, stricken, liverish, woozy, poorly(p), airsick, palsied, unadvisable, diabetic, unhealed, air sick, light-headed, nauseous, sickish, vertiginous, unwell, sick-abed, feverous, hallucinating, bedfast, inadvisable, sick, nauseated, bedridden, gouty, paralytic, scrofulous, lightheaded, laid up(p), ill, laid low(p), paraplegic, spastic, green, under the weather, bedrid, indisposed, rickety, dyspeptic, unfortunate, tubercular, badly, poorly, disadvantageously

17. (adverb) well, intimately
with great or especially intimate knowledge
Synonyms: considerably, easily, comfortably, well, good, substantially, advantageously, nearly, intimately, closely
Antonyms: seasick, peaked(p), recovering, palsied, ill, diabetic, unfortunate, ailing, indisposed, sickly, upset, laid low(p), rachitic, scrofulous, rickety, dyspeptic, hallucinating, vertiginous, feverous, unhealed, bilious, delirious, unwell, stricken, tubercular, sick-abed, poorly(p), lightheaded, spastic, airsick, afflicted, consumptive, autistic, nauseated, liverish, paralytic, woozy, milk-sick, unadvisable, nauseous, bedfast, inadvisable, laid up(p), faint, swooning, air sick, bronchitic, livery, bedrid, paraplegic, sick, light-headed, convalescent, bedridden, funny, dizzy, gouty, queasy, under the weather, light, carsick, sickish, feverish, giddy, aguish, green, paralyzed, seedy, tuberculous, sneezy, badly, poorly, disadvantageously

18. (adverb) well
with prudence or propriety
Synonyms: good, considerably, easily, substantially, intimately, advantageously, comfortably
Antonyms: seasick, vertiginous, paraplegic, airsick, poorly(p), rachitic, convalescent, milk-sick, sickish, queasy, carsick, sick, spastic, bedrid, rickety, afflicted, sneezy, liverish, nauseous, unhealed, dyspeptic, ailing, livery, tuberculous, indisposed, bilious, woozy, lightheaded, light-headed, gouty, tubercular, seedy, funny, air sick, sickly, feverish, consumptive, delirious, faint, swooning, unadvisable, feverous, under the weather, autistic, aguish, scrofulous, bronchitic, dizzy, laid low(p), ill, green, paralytic, palsied, stricken, hallucinating, bedfast, light, nauseated, laid up(p), upset, unfortunate, unwell, recovering, sick-abed, inadvisable, giddy, bedridden, peaked(p), paralyzed, diabetic, badly, poorly, disadvantageously

19. (adverb) well
with skill or in a pleasing manner
Synonyms: good, considerably, easily, substantially, intimately, advantageously, comfortably
Antonyms: bedfast, inadvisable, gouty, afflicted, unhealed, sick-abed, nauseated, lightheaded, sick, stricken, laid low(p), swooning, diabetic, hallucinating, seasick, feverous, aguish, tubercular, peaked(p), funny, unwell, recovering, airsick, feverish, paraplegic, tuberculous, dizzy, bronchitic, autistic, sickish, bedridden, consumptive, laid up(p), unadvisable, liverish, air sick, poorly(p), convalescent, sickly, dyspeptic, light-headed, giddy, livery, nauseous, upset, paralytic, bilious, faint, vertiginous, ailing, unfortunate, indisposed, woozy, milk-sick, queasy, sneezy, ill, bedrid, paralyzed, spastic, under the weather, seedy, rickety, green, light, delirious, carsick, palsied, rachitic, scrofulous, badly, disadvantageously, poorly

20. (adverb) well, advantageously
in a manner affording benefit or advantage
Synonyms: considerably, easily, comfortably, good, substantially, advantageously, intimately, well
Antonyms: paralyzed, stricken, bedridden, seasick, tuberculous, gouty, queasy, funny, feverous, unadvisable, sickly, peaked(p), seedy, scrofulous, vertiginous, sick, carsick, sick-abed, rachitic, feverish, green, liverish, consumptive, bronchitic, dizzy, ailing, milk-sick, lightheaded, aguish, dyspeptic, paralytic, rickety, autistic, sneezy, bedrid, diabetic, swooning, woozy, indisposed, spastic, palsied, convalescent, delirious, hallucinating, afflicted, ill, air sick, nauseous, airsick, tubercular, light, under the weather, inadvisable, paraplegic, light-headed, faint, upset, nauseated, unfortunate, unwell, bilious, recovering, unhealed, livery, laid low(p), bedfast, poorly(p), giddy, sickish, laid up(p), badly, poorly, disadvantageously

21. (adverb) well, comfortably
in financial comfort
Synonyms: considerably, easily, comfortably, good, substantially, advantageously, intimately, well
Antonyms: unhealed, dizzy, sick, feverish, poorly(p), recovering, seasick, convalescent, sickish, peaked(p), spastic, aguish, seedy, paralyzed, paraplegic, funny, light-headed, hallucinating, paralytic, scrofulous, sick-abed, consumptive, faint, unfortunate, giddy, diabetic, swooning, milk-sick, tuberculous, green, carsick, air sick, indisposed, laid low(p), light, woozy, stricken, bedfast, airsick, upset, autistic, livery, ill, delirious, lightheaded, nauseated, sneezy, bilious, gouty, feverous, palsied, liverish, ailing, rickety, queasy, unadvisable, afflicted, bronchitic, rachitic, inadvisable, unwell, laid up(p), bedridden, sickly, tubercular, vertiginous, nauseous, under the weather, dyspeptic, bedrid, badly, disadvantageously, poorly

22. (adverb) well
without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
Synonyms: good, considerably, easily, substantially, intimately, advantageously, comfortably
Antonyms: carsick, upset, nauseated, paraplegic, milk-sick, nauseous, inadvisable, recovering, feverous, lightheaded, scrofulous, queasy, air sick, delirious, seedy, laid low(p), aguish, dyspeptic, hallucinating, indisposed, vertiginous, light-headed, dizzy, woozy, rickety, light, giddy, rachitic, tubercular, autistic, sickly, funny, airsick, faint, palsied, feverish, sickish, unadvisable, seasick, bedrid, diabetic, ailing, bilious, sick, ill, gouty, consumptive, sneezy, sick-abed, green, stricken, poorly(p), bronchitic, livery, afflicted, unhealed, peaked(p), paralytic, bedridden, bedfast, laid up(p), tuberculous, convalescent, liverish, under the weather, spastic, unfortunate, swooning, unwell, paralyzed, badly, poorly, disadvantageously

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'well'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. well
Healthy is most correctly used to signify possessing or enjoying health or its results; as, a healthy person; a healthy condition. Healthful signifies promotive of health, tending or adapted
Synonyms: healthy, hale, hygienic, sanitary, vigorous, healthful, salubrious, sound, well, hearty, salutary, strong, wholesome
Antonyms: delicate, failing, ill, unsound, worn, diseased, fainting, sick, wasted, worn down, emaciated, fragile, unhealthy, weak, worn out, exhausted, frail

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