Synonyms for nice
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : nahys |
| Phonetic Transcription : naɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for nice Other synonyms for the word nice
- accurate
- admirable
- amiable
- approved
- attractive
- becoming
- befitting
- careful
- charming
- choosy
- commendable
- conforming
- considerate
- copacetic
- correct
- courteous
- critical
- cultured
- decent
- decorous
- delicate
- delightful
- discerning
- discriminating
- distinguishing
- exact
- exacting
- fastidious
- favorable
- fine and dandy
- finespun
- finical
- finicking
- finicky
- fussy
- genial
- genteel
- gentle
- gracious
- helpful
- ingratiating
- inviting
- kindly
- meticulous
- minute
- nifty
- obliging
- okay
- particular
- peachy
- persnickety
- picky
- pleasant
- pleasurable
- polite
- prepossessing
- proper
- respectable
- right
- rigorous
- scrupulous
- seemly
- simpatico
- squeamish
- strict
- subtle
- superior
- swell
- tidy
- trim
- trivial
- unpresumptuous
- virtuous
- welcome
- well-bred
- well-mannered
- winning
- winsome
Définition of nice
Origin :- late 13c., "foolish, stupid, senseless," from Old French nice (12c.) "careless, clumsy; weak; poor, needy; simple, stupid, silly, foolish," from Latin nescius "ignorant, unaware," literally "not-knowing," from ne- "not" (see un-) + stem of scire "to know" (see science). "The sense development has been extraordinary, even for an adj." [Weekley] -- from "timid" (pre-1300); to "fussy, fastidious" (late 14c.); to "dainty, delicate" (c.1400); to "precise, careful" (1500s, preserved in such terms as a nice distinction and nice and early); to "agreeable, delightful" (1769); to "kind, thoughtful" (1830).
- "In many examples from the 16th and 17th centuries it is difficult to say in what particular sense the writer intended it to be taken." [OED]
- By 1926, it was pronounced "too great a favorite with the ladies, who have charmed out of it all its individuality and converted it into a mere diffuser of vague and mild agreeableness." [Fowler]
- "I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should I not call it so?""Very true," said Henry, "and this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk; and you are two very nice young ladies. Oh! It is a very nice word indeed! It does for everything." [Jane Austen, "Northanger Abbey," 1803]
- adj likable, agreeable
- adj precise, neat, refined
- Rained lightly last night, and we had a nice shower this morning.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- "Nice place to study in, sir," said Thompson, as we walked along.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- "It certainly is nice to be liked," returned Kathleen softly.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- It's nice to be so tired, and to know one can sleep as long as one wants.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- You haven't said a word about all the nice things you did for the girls.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- She was nice and friendly to us to-day, and I'm willin' to trust her to-morrow.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Mart, I've got tickets to a show,—a nice place,—and I want you to go along.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- But don't you really think that people have a right to have any nice times?
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- A nice operation indeed, to make me at once one-eyed and one-armed.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- I felt as if I were amusing a nice boy; he hardly came to my shoulder.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
Antonyms for nice
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