Meanings
good thing1
- It is lucky (that)
It’s a good thing you've come early: we're changing classrooms.
1 more example
I was in a car crash the other day. Good thing I had insurance and nobody got hurt.
Good Thing2
plural Good Things
- informalSomething that is conventionally accepted as good beyond doubt.
Catering paved the way for me to find my true passion as a teacher and a communicator of Good Things
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Origin
In this spelling from 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates, by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, 1930.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan afortunadament, per sort
- afortunadamentgood thing
- per sortgood thing
- sort degood thing
- sort quegood thing
- que bé quegood thing
Dutch maar goed dat
- maar goed datgood thing
Finnish onneksi
- onneksigood thing
German but see zum Glück, glücklicherweise
- but see zum Glückgood thing
- glücklicherweisegood thing
Hebrew טוֹב שֶׁ־
- טוֹב שֶׁ־ (tóv she-)good thing
Polish dobrze, że
- dobrze, żegood thing
Romanian bine că, noroc că
- bine căgood thing
- noroc căgood thing
Russian хорошо́, что
- хорошо́, что (xorošó, što)good thing
Spanish menos mal que
- menos mal quegood thing
Turkish iyi ki
- iyi kigood thing
Vietnamese may là
- may làgood thing
Cite this entry
good thing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20thing
“good thing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20thing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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