Synonyms for impressive
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Awesome — making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress
awesome, imposing, striking, magnificent, awe-inspiring, glorious, splendid, outstanding, grand, stupendous, powerful, sensational, proud, majestic, important, grandiose, bang-up informal, effective, stately, palatial, solemn, noble
Other
formidable, dramatic, overpowering, arresting, telling, selly UK
Definitions
- adj. 1
Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
- adj. 2
Capable of being impressed.
Related words
- Word family
- impressively impressiveness impressivity impression
Example sentences
- awesome I developed an aversion toward the word "awesome".
- striking Striking differences existed between the two boys.
- magnificent Have you honestly ever seen a view so magnificent?
- imposing He really does have such thick, imposing eyebrows.
- exciting Nothing exciting ever seems to happen around here.
- exhilarating He took an exhilarating walk along the riverside.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| impressive | steady | |
| awesome | rising | |
| striking | falling | |
| magnificent | steady | |
| imposing | steady | |
| exciting | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- grand1, proud1, noble2, selly
- 6 letters
- moving2, solemn2
- 7 letters
- awesome2, telling2, stately2
- 8 letters
- powerful3, exciting3, dramatic3, striking2, touching2, glorious3, splendid2, imposing3, stirring2, majestic3, eloquent3, palatial3
- 9 letters
- important3, effective3, affecting3, arresting3, grandiose3
- 10 letters
- formidable4, stupendous3
- 11 letters
- outstanding3, magnificent4, sensational4
- 12 letters
- exhilarating5, overpowering4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noble2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- impressionnant
- Italiano
- impressionante
- Español
- impresionante
- Deutsch
- eindrucksvoll