nice

Noun

• a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
• niceness.

Adjective

• Pleasing, agreeable, or kind; enjoyable.
• pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; - George Meredith
  • "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"
  • "nice manners"
  • "a nice dress"
  • "a nice face"
  • "a nice day"
  • "had a nice time at the party"
  • "the corn and tomatoes are nice today"

Adjective Satellite

• socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
  • "a nice girl"
• done with delicacy and skill
  • "a nice bit of craft"
  • "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"
  • "a nice shot"
• excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
  • "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"
• exhibiting courtesy and politeness
  • "a nice gesture"

Adj

• Pleasant, satisfactory.
• Of a person: friendly, attractive.
• Respectable; virtuous.
• Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
• Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression.
• Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
• Silly, ignorant; foolish.
• Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
• Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.
• Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
• Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
• Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
• Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

Adv

• Nicely.

Intj

• Used to signify a job well done.
• Used to signify approval.

Verb

• To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Examples

• a nice way of putting it
• Children, play nice.
• For Candy Crush Saga, the critics were far nicer than the audience (7.9/10 vs. 3.1/10).
• He dresses real nice.
• Is that your new car? Nice!
• Nice! I couldn't have done better.
• That was a nice play, landing ’QUIET’ on a double word score.
• The soup is nice and hot.
• What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?

Synonyms

courteous, dainty, decent, gracious, overnice, prissy, skillful, squeamish, appetising, appetizing, charming, delicious, delightful, fine, friendly, kind, lovely, moreish, pleasant, scrummy, scrumptious, subtle, sweet, tasty

Antonyms

nasty, awful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, gross, horrible, horrid, naughty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, unsatisfactory

Related Words

nicety, NICELY

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