English > impressive: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | making a strong or vivid impression. |
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| Example | "an impressive ceremony" |
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| Narrower | amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing | inspiring awe or admiration or wonder |
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| arresting, sensational, stunning | commanding attention |
| astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying | So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm |
| baronial, imposing, noble, stately | impressive in appearance |
| brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid | Characterized by grandeur |
| dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous | amazingly impressive |
| dramatic, spectacular, striking | sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect |
| expansive, grand, heroic | Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope |
| formidable | Extremely impressive in strength or excellence |
| gallant, lofty, majestic, proud | Having or displaying great dignity / dignity or nobility |
| grandiose | impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur |
| mind-boggling | intellectually or emotionally overwhelming |
| palatial | Suitable for or like a palace |
| signal | notably out of the ordinary |
| thundering | extraordinarily big or impressive |
| See also | extraordinary | Beyond what is ordinary or usual / usual |
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| moving | Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion |
| Opposite | unimpressive | not capable of impressing |
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| Spanish | impresionante |
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| Catalan | impressionant |
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| Nouns | impressiveness | splendid or imposing in size or appearance |
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| impressiveness | the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind |
| Adverbs | impressively | in an impressive manner |
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| Verbs | impress | impress positively |
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| impress | have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
