nice
pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
amiably pleasant; kind: They are always nice to strangers.
characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy: nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis.
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.
virtuous; respectable; decorous: a nice girl.
suitable or proper: That was not a nice remark.
carefully neat in dress, habits, etc.
(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.
Obsolete. coy, shy, or reluctant.
Obsolete. unimportant; trivial.
Obsolete. wanton.
Idioms about nice
make nice, to behave in a friendly, ingratiating, or conciliatory manner.
nice and, sufficiently: It's nice and warm in here.
Origin of nice
1usage note For nice
Other words for nice
Opposites for nice
Other words from nice
- nicely, adverb
- niceness, noun
- o·ver·nice, adjective
- o·ver·nice·ly, adverb
- o·ver·nice·ness, noun
- un·nice, adjective
- un·nice·ly, adverb
- un·nice·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with nice
Other definitions for Nice (2 of 2)
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean: known as a vacation resort.
Origin of Nice
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How to use nice in a sentence
One of the nicest parks in the city, Willard Park has lighted tennis courts, cobblestone paths, a turf area, and clubhouse.
Berkeley: A City That Fights for the Rights of All | LGBTQ-Editor | November 20, 2020 | No Straight NewsShe’s just the funniest, the nicest, great to work with, and just feels like a true friend bringing you along the way.
Freezing Weather, COVID Pivots: How ‘Eater’s Guide to the World’ Was Made | Eater Staff | November 20, 2020 | EaterYou can mix various frame styles, and they’ll look nice together.
Richardson isn’t a splashy name, but he’s a really nice fit next to Luka Doncic in Dallas.
NBA draft winners and losers: A win for LaMelo Ball, woe for the Warriors | Ben Golliver | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostIt offers six different bars, plenty of wonderful live music, and nice outdoor patio, and endless opportunity for fun, dancing, and socializing.
Strangely, the Coexist sticker itself illustrates this whole point rather nicely.
Some urban cores have recovered nicely, but most often the surrounding city areas have continued to see slow or negative growth.
Many of the pieces have since been painted over, a response that plays nicely into the reaction to the art.
Catch Him If You Can: Reliving Banksy’s New York Invasion | Alex Suskind | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis was nicely explicated in an Atlantic article whose title says it all: Your Gut Bacteria Want You To Eat A Cupcake.
In any case, it accommodated Pigpen very nicely; he was indeed one far-out gentleman, no doubt about it, none at all.
Picture frames, nicely moulded in brass, were made here in 1825, by a modeller named Maurice Garvey.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellOur nicely worked out system for supplying the troops has in a moment been tangled up into a hundred knotty problems.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonI am sorry they should not, for they always was used to it where we lived before, and my oldest girl she can work very nicely.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeShe ran her finger along the edge of the instrument—Gilbert, when at home, used to keep it nicely sharpened for her use.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieAfter it is cured they prepare it nicely in rolls and carots, the latter for manufacturing into snuff.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for nice (1 of 3)
/ (naɪs) /
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
rare fastidious; respectable: he was not too nice about his methods
obsolete
foolish or ignorant
delicate
shy; modest
wanton
nice and pleasingly: it's nice and cool
Origin of nice
1Derived forms of nice
- nicely, adverb
- niceness, noun
- nicish, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Nice (2 of 3)
/ (French nis) /
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)
British Dictionary definitions for NICE (3 of 3)
/ (naɪs) /
(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
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Cultural definitions for Nice
[ (nees) ]
City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea.
Notes for Nice
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