Nice

Adjective

 * 1)  Silly, ignorant; foolish.
 * 2)  Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking.
 * 3) * 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.2:
 * There is nothing he seemed to be more carefull of than of his honesty, and observe a kinde of decencie of his person, and orderly decorum in his habits, were it on foot or on horsebacke. He was exceeding nice in performing his word or promise.
 * 1)  Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
 * 2) * 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion:
 * Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential.
 * 1) Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
 * 2) * 1914: Saki, "Laura":
 * "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
 * 1) * 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 242:
 * Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
 * 1)  Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
 * 2) * 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, IV.1:
 * To set so rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre? It were not good.
 * 1) * 1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul:
 * It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
 * 1) Respectable; virtuous.
 * What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
 * 1) Pleasant, satisfactory.
 * 2) * 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
 * When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
 * 1) * 2008, Rachel Cooke, The Guardian, 20 Apr 2008:
 * "What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure."
 * 1) Of a person: friendly, attractive.
 * 2) With "and", having intensive effect: extremely.
 * The soup is nice and hot.

Quotations

 * 1930, H.M. Walker, The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
 * Here's another nice mess you've gotten us into.
 * 1973, Cockerel Chorus, Nice One, Cyril!
 * Nice one, Cyril!

Synonyms

 * (easy to like: person): charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant, sweet
 * (easy to like: thing): charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant
 * (having a pleasant taste or aroma): appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish, scrummy , scrumptious , tasty
 * (subtle): fine, subtle

Antonyms

 * (easy to like: person): horrible, horrid, nasty
 * (easy to like: thing): horrible, horrid, nasty
 * (having a pleasant taste or aroma): awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory
 * (subtle):

Related terms

 * nicety

Derived terms

 * nicely
 * niceness


 * nice and + adjective
 * nice and easy

Adverb

 * 1)  Nicely.
 * Children, play nice.
 * He dresses real nice.

Interjection
!


 * 1) Used to signify a job well done.
 * Nice! I couldn't have done better.

Adverbs for Nice
extraordinarily; particularly; wonderfully; scrupulously; punctiliously;   meticulously; invariably; incomparably; unsurpassably; unquestionably;  apparently;   obviously; manifestly; admirably; unusually; inherently; exquisitely; marvellously; altogether; remarkably.

Thesaurus
Christian, Christlike, Christly, according to Hoyle, accurate, acute, advantageous, advertent, affable, affectionate, agog, agreeable, agreeably, alert, all ears, all eyes, ambrosial, amiable, amicable, appreciative, appropriate, assiduous, attentive, attractive, auspicious, aware, becoming, befitting, beneficial, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bon, bonny, braw, brotherly, bueno, capital, careful, charming, cheerful, choicy, choosy, civilized, close, cogent, comfortably, commendable, compassionate, compatible, complaisant, complex, complicated, concentrated, condign, congenial, conscientious, conscious, constant, cordial, correct, courteous, critical, cultivated, cultured, dainty, dangerous, decent, decorous, delectable, delicat, delicate, delicious, delightful, delightfully, demanding, desirable, detailed, differential, diligent, direct, discerning, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, due, dulcet, earnest, elegant, en rapport, enjoyable, enjoyably, estimable, even, exact, exacting, excellent, exigent, expedient, express, exquisite, fair, fair and pleasant, faithful, famous, fastidious, faultless, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine, finespun, finical, finicking, finicky, fit, fitting, flawless, fraternal, friendly, full, fussy, genial, gentlemanly, good, good to eat, good-tasting, goodly, graceful, gracile, gracious, grand, grateful, gratifying, gratifyingly, gustable, gusty, hair-splitting, hairline, hairsplitting, hairy, harmonious, healthy, heart-warming, heedful, helpful, honeyed, human, humane, inerrable, inerrant, infallible, intense, intent, intentive, intricate, judicious, juicy, keen, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, kosher, ladylike, laudable, likable, likeable, loving, luscious, lush, mathematical, mellifluous, mellow, meticulous, micrometrically precise, microscopic, mindful, minute, narrow, neat, nectareous, nectarous, niggling, noble, normal, normative, observant, observing, of gourmet quality, old-maidish, old-womanish, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, outgoing, overconscientious, overparticular, overscrupulous, palatable, particular, penetrating, perceptive, perilous, pernickety, persnickety, picayune, picky, pinpoint, pleasant, pleasing, pleasingly, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polished, polite, precarious, precious, precise, precisianistic, precisionistic, profitable, proper, punctilious, punctual, queasy, rare, refined, regal, regardful, religious, religiously exact, rewarding, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, rigid, rigorous, royal, sage, sapid, sapient, satisfactory, satisfying, satisfyingly, savorous, savory, scientific, scientifically exact, scrumptious, scrupulous, scrutinizing, seemly, selective, sensitive, severe, sharp, skillful, slight, small, softhearted, sophisticated, sound, special, specific, splendid, square, squeamish, strict, stringent, subtle, succulent, suitable, superb, superior, sweet, sympathetic, sympathizing, tactful, tasty, tender, tender-conscienced, tenderhearted, ticklish, tidy, toothsome, trim, undeviating, unerring, useful, valid, very good, virtuous, warm, warm-hearted, warmhearted, watchful, welcome, winsome, wise, worthwhile, worthy, yummy

Alternative forms

 * nyc

Etymology
From nice:, nyce:, nys: <  nice:, niche:, nisce: <  nescius:; compare nescire: < ne: + scire:.

Adjective

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: حسن,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 美好
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch: aardig, aardige, sympathiek, sympathieke, leuk, leuke, aangenaam, aangename, fijn, fijne
 * Estonian: meeldiv
 * Finnish: kiva, mukava, sympaattinen (of people)
 * French: (person) gentil, gentille , sympathique , sympa  and ; (thing) agréable
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, נחמדה
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Irish:
 * Italian: (person) simpatico, simpatica , (thing) piacevole
 * Japanese: 快い
 * Korean: 좋은
 * Norwegian: hyggelig, sympatisk
 * Persian: آراسته, دلپذیر
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: of a person,  of a thing
 * Slovak: príjemný, pěkný
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, sympatisk
 * Turkish:, ,


 * American Sign Language:
 * Czech: hezký, pěkný , krásný ,
 * Danish: pæn
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * Estonian: kena
 * French:, , ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ωραίας (oréas), ωραία (oréa) , ωραίο (oréo)
 * Hebrew:, , נעה, נעה


 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: پسندیده
 * Russian:, милый
 * Scottish Gaelic: snog
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: ఆకర్షణీయమైన


 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Estonian: maitsev
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: νόστιμος (nóstimo), νόστιμη (nóstimi) , νόστιμο (nóstimo) (taste)
 * Hebrew: נעים,
 * Italian: ,


 * Persian: خوشمزه, خوشبو
 * Polish:
 * Russian: вкусный
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: god, smaklig, läcker
 * Telugu: పసందైన


 * Dutch: fijn, fijne
 * German:, , , ,
 * Norwegian:


 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * : приятен, добър, хубав
 * : 宜人的 (yírén de)
 * : đẹp

Interjection

 * Dutch:, ,


 * Swedish:,  najs

Anagrams

 * cien