| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,727,401,970 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Not bad |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.03 sec. |
|
Not bad (at all). 1. [Someone or something is] quite satisfactory. Bill: How do you like your new teacher? Jane: Not bad. Bob: Is this pen okay? Bill: I guess. Yeah. Not bad. 2. [Someone or something is] really quite good. (The person or thing can be named, as in the examples.) John: How do you like that new car of yours? Mary: Not bad. Not bad at all. Tom: This one looks great to me. What do you think? Sue: It's not bad. See also: bad not bad reasonably good Thirteen bucks - that's not bad for lunch. Related vocabulary: not half badUsage notes: often used in conversation: “How are you?†“Not bad.†also used in the forms not too bad, not that bad, and not so bad: It takes me about an hour to get to work, which is not that bad. See also: bad How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? References in classic literature |
|---|
They are not bad boys; they don't wish to be cruel. His eyebrows were very black, and moved readily, and this gave him a look of some temper, not bad, you would say, but quick and high. I noticed it the moment we came into the room, but with so much air and sun it was not bad. |
| Idioms and phrases |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|