well - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

Synonyms

• well

More generic

• excavation

More specific

• artesian well
• driven well
• gas well
• oil well
• oiler
• sump
• tube well

Noun

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

• well

More generic

• compartment

More specific

• bilge well
• pump well

Noun

an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

Synonyms

• well

More generic

• shaft

More specific

• stairwell

Noun

a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

Synonyms

• well

More generic

• vessel

More specific

• inkstand
• inkwell

Noun

an abundant source

Synonyms

• fountainhead
• well
• wellspring

More generic

• source

Verb

come up, as of a liquid

Synonyms

• swell
• well

More generic

• come up
• rise
• rise up
• surface

Adjective

wise or advantageous and hence advisable

Synonyms

• well

Related

• advisable

Adjective

resulting favorably

Synonyms

• good
• well

Related

• fortunate

Adjective

in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury

Synonyms

• well

Related

• asymptomatic
• cured
• healed
• recovered
• symptomless

Opposite / Antonyms

• ill

Also See

• fit
• healthy

(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

• good
• well

Opposite / Antonyms

• ill

without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor

Synonyms

• well

Opposite / Antonyms

• badly

indicating high probability; in all likelihood

Synonyms

• easily
• well

thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form

Synonyms

• well

favorably; with approval

Synonyms

• well

Opposite / Antonyms

• ill

to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree

Synonyms

• well

in financial comfort

Synonyms

• comfortably
• well

in a manner affording benefit or advantage

Synonyms

• advantageously
• well

Opposite / Antonyms

• badly

to a great extent or degree

Synonyms

• considerably
• substantially
• well

with skill or in a pleasing manner

Synonyms

• well

Opposite / Antonyms

• badly

with prudence or propriety

Synonyms

• well

with great or especially intimate knowledge

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• intimately
• well

(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully

Synonyms

• well

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