WELL

WELL 1 syllable

A1 · Beginner 📏 4 letters 🎲 Scrabble 7 ✅ valid word

Everyday English. Most learners know this.

noun
  1. a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
  2. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
  3. an abundant source
  4. an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

💬 Examples

  • "she was a well of information"

🔗 Similar words

wellspringfountainhead
verb
  1. come up, as of a liquid

💬 Examples

  • "Tears well in her eyes"
  • "the currents well up"

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swell
adjective
  1. in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
  2. resulting favorably
  3. wise or advantageous and hence advisable

💬 Examples

  • "appears to be entirely well"
  • "the wound is nearly well"
  • "it's a good thing that I wasn't there"
  • "it is good that you stayed"

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goodwell(p)
adverb
  1. (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')
  2. thoroughly or completely
  3. indicating high probability
  4. (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully

💬 Examples

  • "the children behaved well"
  • "a task well done"
  • "fully"
  • "often used as a combining form"

🔗 Similar words

goodeasilyconsiderablysubstantiallyintimatelyadvantageously
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