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well

[wel] / wɛl /
ADJECTIVE
healthy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
strong together
STRONG
blooming fine fit flourishing great hale hardy husky right sound trim whole
WEAK
able-bodied alive and kicking bright-eyed bushy-tailed chipper fresh hearty in good health in the pink right as rain robust sane solid as a rock strong as an ox up to par vigorous wholesome wrapped tight
Antonyms
STRONG
inappropriate incomplete infirm little poor rough sick small unfit unhealthy unsuitable unsuited weak
WEAK
diseased ill unfortunate unhappy unlucky
ADJECTIVE
lucky, fortunate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
good
STRONG
fine fitting flourishing pleasing right thriving
WEAK
advisable agreeable bright comfortable happy profitable proper prosperous providential prudent satisfactory useful
Antonyms
STRONG
failing inappropriate languishing unfitting unsuitable
WEAK
diseased ill sick unfortunate unhappy unhealthy unlucky
ADVERB
happily, pleasantly; capably
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accurately adequately carefully closely completely correctly effectively efficiently fully nicely properly smoothly strongly successfully thoroughly
WEAK
ably adeptly admirably agreeably attentively capitally commendably competently conscientiously excellently expertly famously favorably in a satisfactory manner irreproachably proficiently profoundly rightly satisfactorily skillfully soundly splendidly suitably with skill
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inadequately incompletely incorrectly insufficiently mistakenly partially wrongly
WEAK
badly incapably unpleasantly
ADVERB
sufficiently
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adequately appropriately completely easily far freely fully properly quite right smoothly thoroughly
STRONG
considerably substantially
WEAK
abundantly amply becomingly by a wide margin effortlessly entirely extremely fittingly greatly heartily highly luxuriantly plentifully rather readily satisfactorily somewhat suitably very much wholly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
difficultly inadequately inappropriately incompletely insufficiently partially unsuitably
STRONG
insignificantly slightly
WEAK
badly incapably unpleasantly
NOUN
hole with water
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basin hole mine pit pool puddle reservoir source water hole
STRONG
abyss bore chasm depression derivation fount fountain fountainhead geyser inception mouth origin repository root shaft spa spring springs wellspring
WEAK
watering place

Example Sentences

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Well, crazier things have happened than Megyn Kelly switching sides.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

They improved markedly in the second half and battled back to level only for Well to score again.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Well, I’d rather the band was doing worse and times were better.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

In Bend, Oregon, grassroots parents group Well Wired surveyed nearly 1,000 parents and found 82% supported removing YouTube from school iPads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

I shaded my eyes and looked across the valley to see the cliffs in the distance and the tree that sheltered Patrick’s Well.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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