nice
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
from a decent family
Related & opposite
- decency derivation
- politeness derivation
- respectable similar to
Sense 3 adjective
done with delicacy and skill
a nice bit of craft
Related & opposite
- precise similar to
Sense 4 adjective
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
Related & opposite
- squeamishness derivation
- queasiness derivation
- fastidious similar to
Sense 5 adjective
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
a nice gesture
Related & opposite
- seemliness derivation
- politeness derivation
- graciousness derivation
- polite similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | pleasant |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | nasty |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | niceness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | niceness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | good |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | pleasant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decency |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | politeness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | respectable |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | precise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | squeamishness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | queasiness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | fastidious |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | seemliness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | politeness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | graciousness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | polite |