GOOD PERSON
Dictionary entry overview: What does good person mean?
• GOOD PERSON (noun)
The noun GOOD PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a person who is good to other people
Familiarity information: GOOD PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GOOD PERSON (noun)
Meaning:
A person who is good to other people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("good person" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "good person"):
benefactor; helper (a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help))
sweetheart (any well-liked individual)
square shooter; straight arrow; straight shooter (a frank and honest person)
angel; holy man; holy person; saint (person of exceptional holiness)
rock ((figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable)
plaster saint (a person (considered to be) without human failings)
mensch; mensh (a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics)
good egg ((old-fashioned slang) a good person)
giver (someone who devotes himself completely)
brick (a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy)
trouper (a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working)
Antonym:
bad person (a person who does harm to others)
