goodest

Most good, childishly

Goodest is a playful or childish superlative of good, formed by adding -est as with regular adjectives.

Standard English uses best, but goodest appears in informal speech, often for humor or emphasis: That was the goodest boy, She makes the goodest cookies.

Young children produce it naturally before learning the irregular form.

playful

bestest

Childish extreme superlative

  • mostestNonstandard absolute superlative
  • worstestNonstandard extreme superlative
  • baddestSlang superlative for coolest

funnest · awesomest · coolest · silliest · cutest · sweetest · nicest · kindest · greatest · superlative

superlative

finest

Superlative in quality

optimal · ideal · pinnacle · paramount · premier · prime · topmost · foremost · leading · chief

virtuous

kindest

Superlatively gentle in manner

sweetest · truest · loyalest · bravest · faithfulest · righteousness · moral · ethical · honorable · upright

Opposites
superlative quality (informal/child speech)

goodestbaddest

Slang superlative for coolest

worstest · meanest · evilest · worst · nastiest

grammatical correctness

goodestbest

Highest in quality

worst · most · least

quality/value

goodestworst

Superlative of inferior

baddest · lowest · vilest · meanest · crummiest

Family

good, best, better, goods, goodness, goody, goodly, goodish

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G