having the goods

ADJECTIVE

capable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

able accomplished adept adequate competent efficient experienced gifted good intelligent proficient qualified skillful suited talented

WEAK

adapted apt au fait clever dynamite fireball fitted green thumb has what it takes having know-how having the right stuff knowing the ropes knowing the score like a one-man band like a pistol masterly old hand old-timer on the ball proper there up up to it up to snuff up to speed veteran

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clumsy green ignorant inadequate incapable incompetent ineffective inefficient inept inexperienced powerless stupid unable unintelligent unqualified unskilled unsuitable untalented useless weak

WEAK

impotent unskillful

Example Sentences

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Despite having the goods to run the story, he thought he'd try his arm at a direct deal with the boss herself.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

So it’s a combination of having the goods, and having good luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2015

Spy Designed in L.A. by a Frenchman who insists on having the goods crafted in Italy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In England, the local tax can be saved by showing a U.S. passport and having the goods shipped to the airport or ship, or directly to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

And say! wouldn’t it be a bully trick if we could take those two tramps back with us, having the goods on them?

From The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats by Warren, George A.

having the goods

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