Synonyms for exquisite
- adjective
- noun
All synonyms
Adjective
beautiful, delicate, delicious, perfect, elegant, intense, dainty, superb, wonderful, luscious, excellent, scrumptious informal, glorious, fine, rare, rich, precious, refined, nice, poignant, keen, heavenly
Noun
dandy, gallant, smart, spark, masher, coxcomb, popinjay, fribble, fashionable, clothes horse, jack-a-napes, macaroni dated, beau dated, dude dated, swell dated, fop dated, mignon dated rare, blood dated, blade dated, jack-a-dandy dated, buck dated UK
Definitions
- adj. 1
Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match.
- n. 1
Fop, dandy.
Related words
- Word family
- exquisitely
Forms
- Plural
- exquisites → dandies, gallants, smarts, sparks…
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That which is finished is apt to be polished, smooth to the touch, minutely exact in outline; hence fine comes to be a synonym for all words like dainty, delicate, exquisite; as, fine manners, a fine touch, fine perceptions.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- intense She was as intense in her hatreds as in her loves.
- delicious I ate lots of delicious, juicy ham last Christmas.
- delicate Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.
- elegant Her dress was a simple yet elegant shade of black.
By length
- 3 letters
- fop1
- 4 letters
- nice1, fine1, rich1, rare1, dude1, keen1, buck1, beau1
- 5 letters
- blood1, smart1, blade1, spark1, swell1, dandy2
- 6 letters
- superb2, dainty2, mignon2, masher
- 7 letters
- perfect2, intense2, elegant3, refined2, gallant2, coxcomb, fribble
- 8 letters
- precious2, glorious3, delicate3, heavenly3, poignant2, macaroni4, luscious2, popinjay
- 9 letters
- beautiful3, wonderful3, excellent3, delicious3
- 11 letters
- fashionable4, scrumptious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dandy2 = 2 syllables).