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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likable, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | admirable, amiable, approved, attractive, becoming, charming, commendable, considerate, copacetic, cordial, courteous, decorous, delightful, ducky, fair, favorable, fine and dandy, friendly, genial, gentle, good, gracious, helpful, ingratiating, inviting, kind, kindly, lovely, nifty*, obliging, okay*, peachy*, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, prepossessing, seemly, simpatico, superior, swell, unpresumptuous, welcome, well-mannered, winning, winsome |
| Antonyms: | bad, disagreeable, horrible, nasty, repulsive, unlikable, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | amiable, amicable, approachable, benevolent, benign, breezy, civil, clubby, congenial, cordial, courteous, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, kindly, mild, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, sociable, urbane, warm |
| Antonyms: | complaining, disdainful, grouchy, grumbling, impolite, miserable, reserved, surly, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | agreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, dandy, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, fair, fine, gratifying, hunky-dory, mild, nice, peach, peachy*, pleasant, pleasurable, pleasureful, pussycat, ready, satisfying, spiffy, swell*, to one's liking, to one's taste, welcome |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, discordant, distasteful, harsh, hateful, mean, nasty, offensive, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- It's always the nice ones you have to watch out for.
- The beach offers miles of nice walking and great swimming.
- When she got old enough and we were able to enjoy the novel together, it was such a nice chance to come back to it again.
| Main Entry: | beautiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically attractive |
| Synonyms: | admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy*, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, well-formed, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, grotesque, hideous, homely, offensive, plain, repulsive, ugly, unattractive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | becoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattering |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, agreeable, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute, effective, enhancing, excellent, fair, graceful, handsome, neat, nice, presentable, pretty, seemly, tasteful, welcome, well-chosen |
| Antonyms: | indecorous, tasteless, ugly, unattractive, unbecoming, unfitting, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | becoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable; appropriate |
| Synonyms: | befitting, comme il faut, compatible, conforming, congruous, correct, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, in keeping, nice, proper, right, seemly, worthy |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, unbecoming, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | befitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
| Synonyms: | according to Hoyle, apt, becoming, behooving, beseeming, comme il faut, conforming, correct, decent, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, just, kosher*, nice, on the button, on the nose, proper, right, right on, seemly, suitable, what the doctor ordered |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unbecoming, unfitting, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | captivating |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, alluring, amiable, appealing, attractive, bewitching, charismatic, choice, cute, dainty, delectable, delicate, delightful, desirable, electrifying, elegant, enamoring, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, entrancing, eye-catching, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, graceful, infatuating, inviting, irresistible, likable, lovable, lovely, magnetizing, nice, pleasant, pleasing, provocative, rapturous, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sweet, tantalizing, tempting, titillating, winning, winsome |
| Antonyms: | frightening, irritating, offensive, repellent, repulsing, repulsive, terrifying |
| Main Entry: | choice |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, superior |
| Synonyms: | 10, 24-karat, A-1, elect, elite, excellent, exceptional, exclusive, exquisite, fine, first-class, hand-picked, nice, popular, precious, preferential, preferred, prime, prize, rare, select, solid gold, special, top-drawer, uncommon, unusual, valuable, winner |
| Antonyms: | inferior, poor, sad, worst |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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