Synonyms for nice
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Good — pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary
good, pleasant, lovely, beautiful, kind, sweet, friendly, enjoyable, polite, gracious, courteous, grateful, amiable, agreeable, kindly, pleasurable, gratifying, dear, punctual, refined, tender, comely formal dated
2. Delightful
delightful, delicious, tasty, more-ish, luscious, delicate, exquisite, appetizing, appetising UK, palatable, toothsome, savory US, savoury UK, ambrosial, scrumptious slang informal, scrummy slang informal UK
3. Fine — showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle
fine, subtle, accurate, precise, close, strict, minute, correct, faithful, exact, critical, discriminating
4. Neat
neat, dainty, fastidious, squeamish, particular, prissy informal, queasy, scrupulous, punctilious, exacting, finical, overnice rare
Other
decent, charming, curious, respectable, skillful US, skilful UK, trim, ticklish, rigorous, discerning
Definitions
- adj. 1
Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
- adj. 2
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
- adj. 3
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
You weren’t nice to me this morning.
- adj. 4
Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
Choose the right word
Nice is stronger than neat, implying value and beauty; a cheap, coarse dress may be perfectly neat, but would not be termed nice.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- kind You can buy and read any kind of book at any time.
- beautiful Paris, which is on the Seine, is a beautiful city.
- lovely They bought a site with lovely views of the ocean.
- pleasant Tell me something pleasant to make me feel better.
- delicious I ate lots of delicious, juicy ham last Christmas.
- delightful Nothing is more delightful to me than travelling.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1, kind1, fine1, dear1, neat1, trim1
- 5 letters
- close1, sweet1, exact2, tasty2
- 6 letters
- minute2, lovely2, decent2, strict1, tender2, subtle2, kindly2, polite2, dainty2, savory3, queasy2, comely2, prissy2
- 7 letters
- correct2, curious3, precise2, refined2, skilful, amiable4, savoury, scrummy, finical
- 8 letters
- critical3, friendly2, accurate3, grateful2, pleasant2, faithful2, charming2, delicate3, rigorous3, gracious2, skillful2, luscious2, exacting3, punctual3
- 9 letters
- beautiful3, delicious3, enjoyable4, exquisite3, courteous3, agreeable4, palatable4, squeamish2, toothsome, ambrosial3
- 10 letters
- particular4, delightful3, gratifying4, discerning3, appetizing4, fastidious4, scrupulous3, appetising
- 11 letters
- respectable4, pleasurable4, scrumptious, punctilious4
- 14 letters
- discriminating5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exact2 = 2 syllables).