as good as

adverb

almost, virtually, practically; tantamount to

“Cops as good as said I was a burglar.”

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Meanings

adverbas good as (not comparable)
  1. not comparablealmost, virtually, practically; tantamount to

    Cops as good as said I was a burglar.

    3 more examples

    Sending the soldiers out into that blizzard was as good as murdering them!

    They who counsel ye to such a suppressing, do as good as bid ye suppress yourselves.

    1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC

    It's so strange how things change — yesterday the Vietnam War as good as ended + in 60 days everyone (POW's — everyone) will be home.

    1973 January 28, Lou Sullivan, Diary
  2. not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, good.

    On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.

    2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
almostmore or lesstouchvirtuallywell-nigh

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 几乎
  • 几乎 (jīhū)almost completely
Danish så godt som
  • så godt somalmost completely
Dutch zo goed als
  • zo goed alsalmost completely
Finnish käytännössä
  • käytännössäalmost completely
French déjà, pratiquement
  • déjàalmost completely
  • pratiquementalmost completely
  • presquealmost completely
  • tout commealmost completely
German so gut wie
  • so gut wiealmost completely
Norwegian Bokmål så godt som
  • så godt somalmost completely
Polish prawie, niemal
  • prawiealmost completely
  • niemalalmost completely
  • równie dobrzealmost completely
Portuguese praticamente
  • praticamentealmost completely
Russian всё равно́ что, почти́
  • всё равно́ что (vsjo ravnó što)almost completely
  • почти́almost completely
  • факти́чески (faktíčeski)almost completely
  • практи́чески (praktíčeski)almost completely
Swedish så gott som
  • så gott somalmost completely
Cite this entry
APA

as good as. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20good%20as

MLA

“as good as.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20good%20as. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “as good as,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20good%20as.

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