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nice
1[nahys]
adjective
pleasing; agreeable; delightful.
a nice visit.
Antonyms:amiably pleasant; kind.
They are always nice to strangers.
Synonyms:Antonyms:characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy.
nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,Antonyms:showing or indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments.
a job that requires nice measurements.
minute, fine, or subtle.
a nice distinction.
having or showing delicate, accurate perception.
a nice sense of color.
refined in manners, language, etc..
Nice people wouldn't do such things.
Synonyms:virtuous; respectable; decorous.
a nice girl.
suitable or proper.
That was not a nice remark.
Antonyms:carefully neat in dress, habits, etc.
Synonyms: ,(especially of food) dainty or delicate.
having fastidious, finicky, or fussy tastes.
They're much too nice in their dining habits to enjoy an outdoor barbecue.
Synonyms: ,Obsolete.Ìýcoy, shy, or reluctant.
Obsolete.Ìýunimportant; trivial.
Obsolete.Ìýwanton.
Nice
2[nees]
noun
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean: known as a vacation resort.
NICE
1/ ²Ô²¹Éª²õ /
acronym
(in Britain) National Institute for Clinical Excellence: a body established in 1999 to provide authoritative guidance on current best practice in medicine and to promote high-quality cost-effective medical treatment in the NHS
Nice
2/ nis /
noun
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: a leading resort of the French Riviera; founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century bc . Pop: 342 738 (1999)
nice
3/ ²Ô²¹Éª²õ /
adjective
pleasant or commendable
a nice day
kind or friendly
a nice gesture of help
good or satisfactory
they made a nice job of it
subtle, delicate, or discriminating
a nice point in the argument
precise; skilful
a nice fit
rareÌýfastidious; respectable
he was not too nice about his methods
obsoleteÌý
foolish or ignorant
delicate
shy; modest
wanton
pleasingly
it's nice and cool
Nice
City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea.
Sensitive Note
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- nicely adverb
- niceness noun
- overnice adjective
- overnicely adverb
- overniceness noun
- unnice adjective
- unnicely adverb
- unniceness noun
- ˈ²Ô¾±³¦±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ˈ²Ô¾±³¦¾±²õ³ó adjective
- ˈ²Ô¾±³¦±ð±ô²â adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of Nice1
Origin of Nice2
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of Nice1
Idioms and Phrases
nice and, sufficiently.
It's nice and warm in here.
make nice, to behave in a friendly, ingratiating, or conciliatory manner.
Example Sentences
I think we often become really cynical over the years, and it’s nice to remember how pure just wonder and joy can be.
Everyone, including the dog, looked like they were having a nice time.
"They were very nice neighbours in a very quiet neighbourhood," he told the BBC.
"I still get a nice cheque from it every year," joked Nick.
"We've changed the face of darts over the last couple of years. It's starting to become a younger man's game. It's nice to be at the forefront of that."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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