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| Main Entry: | nice |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likable, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | admirable, amiable, approved, attractive, becoming, charming, commendable, considerate, cordial, courteous, decorous, delightful, fair, favorable, friendly, genial, gentle, good, gracious, helpful, ingratiating, inviting, kind, kindly, lovely, nifty*, obliging, okay*, peachy*, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, prepossessing, seemly, superior, swell, welcome, well-mannered, winning, winsome, copacetic, ducky, fine and dandy, simpatico, unpresumptuous |
| Antonyms: | bad, disagreeable, horrible, nasty, repulsive, unpleasant, unlikable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nice |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precise, neat, refined |
| Synonyms: | accurate, becoming, befitting, careful, choosy, conforming, correct, critical, cultured, dainty, decent, delicate, discerning, discriminating, distinguishing, exact, exacting, fastidious, fine, finicky*, fussy*, genteel, hairsplitting*, meticulous, minute, particular, persnickety*, picky*, proper, respectable, right, rigorous, scrupulous, seemly, squeamish, strict, subtle, tidy, trim, trivial*, virtuous, well-bred, finespun, finical, finicking |
| Antonyms: | disordered, unmannerly, unrefined, imprecise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | amiable, amicable, approachable, benevolent, benign, breezy, civil, congenial, cordial, courteous, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, kindly, mild, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, sociable, urbane, warm, clubby |
| Antonyms: | complaining, disdainful, grouchy, grumbling, impolite, miserable, reserved, surly, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | beautiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically attractive |
| Synonyms: | admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy*, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, wonderful, beauteous, bewitching, enticing, pulchritudinous, sightly, taking, well-formed |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, grotesque, hideous, homely, offensive, plain, repulsive, ugly, unattractive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | befitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
| Synonyms: | according to Hoyle*, apt, becoming, conforming, correct, decent, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, just, kosher*, nice, on the nose*, proper, right, seemly, suitable, behooving, beseeming, comme il faut, on the button, right on, what the doctor ordered |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unbecoming, unsuitable, unfitting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | captivating |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, alluring, amiable, appealing, attractive, charismatic, choice, cute, dainty, delectable, delicate, delightful, desirable, elegant, engaging, engrossing, entrancing, eye-catching, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, graceful, inviting, irresistible, likable, lovable, lovely, nice, pleasant, pleasing, provocative, rapturous, ravishing, seductive, sweet, tempting, winning, winsome, bewitching, electrifying, enamoring, enthralling, infatuating, magnetizing, seducing, tantalizing, titillating |
| Antonyms: | frightening, irritating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, terrifying, repulsing |
| Main Entry: | choice |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, superior |
| Synonyms: | 10, 24-karat, elect, elite, excellent, exceptional, exclusive, exquisite, fine, first-class, nice, popular, precious, preferential, preferred, prime, prize, rare, select, special, top-drawer, uncommon, unusual, valuable, winner, A-1*, hand-picked, solid gold |
| Antonyms: | inferior, poor, sad, worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | choosy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fussy, discriminating |
| Synonyms: | dainty, eclectic, exacting, fastidious, finicky, nice, particular, persnickety*, picky, prissy, select, selective, finical, overparticular |
| Antonyms: | undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful |
| Synonyms: | attractive, becoming, blooming, buxom, fair, fine, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, handsome, nice, pleasing, pretty, stunning, wholesome, winsome, a ten, beauteous, pulchritudinous |
| Antonyms: | despicable, disagreeable, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unattractive, bad-looking |
| Main Entry: | dapper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-groomed, neat |
| Synonyms: | brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy*, snug, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swanky, swell, trim, bandbox, doggy, dressed to kill, dressed to nines, nobby, spiff, swank, turned out, well turned out |
| Antonyms: | dirty, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, wrinkled, dishevelled, ruffled, rumpled, ungroomed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
| Synonyms: | au fait, becoming, befitting, ceremonial, ceremonious, civilized, comely, conforming, conventional, correct, de rigueur, decent, demure, dignified, done, elegant, fit, fitting, formal, good, mannerly, meet, moral, nice, polite, prim, proper, punctilious, refined, respectable, right, seasonable, sedate, seemly, staid, well-behaved, comme il faut |
| Antonyms: | impolite, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unrefined, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | delicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing, especially to the taste |
| Synonyms: | adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, choice, dainty, darling, delectable, delightful, distinctive, divine, enjoyable, exquisite, good, gratifying, heavenly, luscious, lush, mellow, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, rare, rich, sapid, savory, scrumptious, spicy, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tempting, toothsome, yummy*, delish, enticing, fit for king, mouthwatering, nectarous, titillating, well-prepared, well-seasoned |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, distasteful, horrible, unpleasant, unsavory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved, affected |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, blushing, close, coy, decorous, diffident, earnest, humble, modest, nice, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, reticent, retiring, sedate, serious, shy, silent, skittish, sober, solemn, staid, strait-laced, timid, unassuming, unassertive, unassured |
| Notes: | demur is the verb 'to object or voice opposition' while demure is the adjective meaning 'modest, shy' |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, extroverted, outgoing, shameless, strong |
| Main Entry: | detailed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | itemized, particularized |
| Synonyms: | abundant, accurate, all-inclusive, circumstantial, complete, complicated, comprehensive, copious, definite, developed, elaborate, exact, exhaustive, finicky*, full, fussy*, individual, intricate, meticulous, minute, narrow, nice, precise, specific, specified, thorough, amplified, at length, blow-by-blow, circumstantiated, clocklike, described, disclosed, elaborated, enumerated, exhausting, individualized, point-by-point, seriatim, unfolded |
| Antonyms: | brief, cursory, sparing, uncomplicated, inexhaustive, nonspecific, undetailed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elegant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, tasteful |
| Synonyms: | affected, appropriate, apt, aristocratic, artistic, august, chic, choice, classic, clever, comely, courtly, cultured, dainty, delicate, dignified, effective, exquisite, fancy, fashionable, fine, genteel, graceful, grand, handsome, ingenious, luxurious, majestic, modish, neat, nice, noble, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, polished, rare, refined, rich, select, simple, stately, stuffy, stylish, sumptuous, superior, turgid, well-bred, cultivated, ornamented, recherché, stylized |
| Antonyms: | crude, inelegant, rough, ugly, unfashionable, unrefined, unsophisticated, untasteful |
| Main Entry: | fastidious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very careful, meticulous |
| Synonyms: | captious, choosy, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, discriminating, exacting, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, nice, particular, persnickety*, picky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, easily disgusted, finical, fussbudgety, hard to please, nit-picky, overdelicate, overnice, stickling |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, uncouth, uncritical, indiscriminating, uncareful, undemanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | finicky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overparticular |
| Synonyms: | choosy, critical, dainty, difficult, fastidious, fussy, nice, persnickety*, picky, scrupulous, squeamish, finical, finicking, fussbudget, hard to please, nit-picking, overnice, stickling |
| Antonyms: | easy, open, uncritical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good-natured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easygoing, easily pleased |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, altruistic, amiable, benevolent, bighearted, breezy, charitable, complaisant, compliant, cordial, easy, even-tempered, friendly, good-humored, gracious, helpful, kind, kindly, lenient, mild, moderate, nice, obliging, tolerant, warmhearted, acquiescent, good-hearted, marshmallow, softie, well-disposed, willing to please |
| Antonyms: | bad, mean |
| Main Entry: | goody-goody |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straight-laced |
| Synonyms: | God-fearing, Puritan, Victorian, goody two-shoes, holier-than-thou*, moral, nice, pious, politically correct, priggish, prissy, prudish, self-righteous, unctuous, virtuous, PC |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impeccable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | above suspicion; flawless |
| Synonyms: | accurate, aces, clean, correct, exact, exquisite, faultless, immaculate, infallible, innocent, irreproachable, nice, perfect, precise, pure, right, sinless, stainless, ten*, unblemished, unerring, unimpeachable, A-okay, apple-pie, errorless, fleckless, incorrupt, note-perfect, on target, unflawed |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, defective, imperfect, suspicious, wrong, blemished, flawed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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