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be good for

VERB

agree with

Synonyms

WEAK

be acceptable be agreeable be favorable be suitable befit please satisfy sit well with

VERB

benefit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance aid assist contribute to enhance favor further help improve pay pay off promote serve

STRONG

advantage ameliorate avail better build profit relieve succor

WEAK

do for one do the trick fill the bill make a killing make it work for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease halt hinder hurt impede injure obstruct stop thwart

STRONG

worsen

WEAK

handicap harm

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Everything changes when a candidate becomes a winner, so maybe it would be good for democracy to have an old-fashioned war of ideas in this moment when the future of California holds so many unknowns.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

We’re going to have a bigger ultra-low-cost carrier, and that’s going to be good for passengers.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

"A deal that would be good for the workforce, represent good value for money and would not repeat the mistakes of the past and risk creating new structural equal pay liabilities."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

"This will be good for Paris because the capital is currently experiencing a drop in hotel occupancy rates" due to the international situation, said Didier Arino, chief executive at the consulting firm Protourisme.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“Nok, your father and I have been talking, and we think it could be good for you to stay here in Tanaburi for the rest of the school year.”

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

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