not bad

Questions about not bad

What does not bad mean?

not bad means "very good".

What is another word for not bad?

Close synonyms include bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is not bad a common word?

not bad is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.