Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

good time

See more synonyms for good time on Thesaurus.com
noun Prison Slang.
  1. time deducted from an inmate's sentence for good behavior while in prison.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for good-time

Historical Examples

  • They who come to them now regard them as playthings, good-time centers for twelve or fourteen weeks.

    Fair Harbor

    Joseph Crosby Lincoln

  • She enjoyed the talking, joking, "good-time" men in society, and chatted and danced with them with relish.

British Dictionary definitions for good-time

good-time

adjective
  1. (of a person) wildly seeking pleasure
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for good-time

adj.

1928, from good (adj.) + time. Expression to have a good time "enjoy oneself" attested from 1822; earlier have a good time of it (1771). To make good time "go fast" is from 1838.

Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Idioms and Phrases with good-time

good time

see have a good time.

Show More
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.