ADJECTIVE | all | nice | pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance |
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all | nice, decent | socially or conventionally correct | |
all | nice, skillful | done / done / done with delicacy and skill | |
all | nice, dainty, overnice, prissy, squeamish | excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | |
all | nice, courteous, gracious | exhibiting courtesy and politeness / politeness | |
NOUN | location | Nice | a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean |
Sounds | nay's; niy's | |
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Rhymes | advice ... vise: 29 rhymes with ays... | |
altarpiece ... Vietnamese: 37 rhymes with iys... |
Meaning | Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance. | |
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Attribute of | niceness | The quality of nice |
Narrower | good | agreeable or pleasing |
pleasant | (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior | |
See also | pleasant | affording pleasure |
Opposite | nasty, awful | Offensive or even (of persons) malicious |
Spanish | agradable, bonito, simpático | |
Catalan | bonic, maco | |
Nouns | niceness | the quality of nice |
Adverbs | nicely | in a nice way |
Meaning | socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous. | |
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Example | "a nice girl" | |
Synonym | decent | |
Broader | respectable | Characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals |
Spanish | buen, decente | |
Catalan | decent | |
Nouns | niceness | a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage |
Meaning | done / done / done with delicacy and skill. | |
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Synonym | skillful | |
Broader | precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited |
Meaning | excessively fastidious and easily disgusted. | |
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Example | "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking" | |
Synonyms | dainty, overnice, prissy, squeamish | |
Broader | fastidious | Giving careful attention to detail |
Spanish | escrupuloso, puntilloso, quisquilloso | |
Catalan | escrupulós, primmirat |
Meaning | Exhibiting courtesy and politeness / politeness. | |
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Example | "a nice gesture" | |
Synonyms | courteous, gracious | |
Broader | polite | showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. |
Spanish | cortés | |
Nouns | niceness | a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage |
Meaning | A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera. | |
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Instance of | city, metropolis, urban center | A large and densely populated urban area |
Part of | France, French Republic | A republic in western Europe |
Spanish | Nice, Niza | |
Catalan | Niça |
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