good for someone

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good for someone

interjection good on someone

  1. An exclamation of encouragement or congratulation to a person. You got married? Good for you!

    Similar: well done, get you, bravissimo, bravo, bully, cock on, congrats, congratulations, encore, fair fucks, full marks, good for someone

  2. Sarcastically belittling a person for an unimportant achievement. He has a diploma from Harvard? Good for him: he's still not qualified for this job.

    Similar: I don't care

adjective better for someone · best for someone

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, for. Eating fruit is good for you.

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intj an exclamation of encouragement or congratulation

Españolbien por, me alegro por
Deutschschön für dich, Glückwunsch, gut gemacht, weiter so
Italianobuon per te
Русскиймолоде́ц molodéc

adj Translations

Españolbueno para

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@misc{good_for_someone_2026,
  title = {good for someone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/good%20for%20someone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}