English Explanatory Dictionary

nice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
  2. Of a person: friendly, attractive.
  3. Respectable; virtuous.
  4. Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
  5. Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression.
  6. Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
  7. Silly, ignorant; foolish.
  8. Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
  9. Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.
  10. Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
  11. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
  12. Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
adv
  1. Nicely.
intj
  1. Used to signify a job well done.
  2. Used to signify approval.
noun
  1. niceness.
verb
  1. To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
name
  1. A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.
  2. A surname. (pronounced /ni:s/ or /naɪs/)
  3. A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
name
  1. Acronym of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Pronunciation

/ˈnaɪ̯s/ en-us-nice.ogg /ˈnaːs/ /ˈnɑ̟ɪ̯s/ /ˈnɒ̈ɪ̯s/ /ˈnɑ̟e̝s/ /ˈnɒ̈e̝s/ /ˈnɐɪ̯s/ /ˈnɜɪ̯s/ /ˈnʌɪ̯s/ /ˈnəɪ̯s/ nēs /niːs/ en-us-niece.ogg

Word forms

nice nicer nicest nyc noice nice! nices nicing niced

Etymology

From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).

Synonyms

delightful friendly kind lovely pleasant sweet appetising appetizing delicious moreish scrummy scrumptious tasty charming fine subtle

Antonyms

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

Related words

nicety

Derived words

have a nice day have a nice day syndrome have a nice life make nice Minnesota nice nice and + adjective nice and easy nice as ninepence nice as pie nice-but-dim nice cream nicefem nice going nice guy nice guys finish last nice guy syndrome niceish nice knowing you niceling nice list nice-looking nicely nicen nice-Nelly nice Nelly nice-nellyism niceness nice-nice nice one nicery nice-to-have nice to meet you nice try nicety Niceville nice weather for ducks nice work if you can get it nicey-nice outnice overnice play nice seminice sugar and spice and everything nice supernice this is why we can't have nice things totally nice day ultranice unnice renice Nice model
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