good time

See also: good-time

English

good time (countable and uncountable, plural good times)

(countable) A period of time spent doing some pleasant, enjoyable or entertaining activity.
Hyponym: time of one's life (superlative degree)

let the good times roll

a good time was had by all

Q: Did you have a good time at your friend's wedding reception? A: Yes, it was a good time for everyone.
(uncountable) The reduction of a prisoner's sentence for good conduct while imprisoned.
- 1984 August 18, R. L. Richardson, “Women In Cages”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 7:
  Sex on female units is treated as a "disgusting and degrading practice," and women have lost accrued good-time and gone to solitary confinement for as little as a peck on the cheek.
A suitable time; a suitable occasion.
When is a good time for you?

Is this a good time?

there's never a good time for [X]

it's always a good time for [X]
- 2022 January 12, Christian Wolmar, “A new year... but the same old mistakes are being made”, in RAIL, number 948, pages 40–41:
  How can the unions - or more specifically the RMT - possibly think this is a good time to exert a bit of industrial muscle and indulge in strikes both on the national railway and the London Underground?