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The Meaning of nice

  • (superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
  • (superl.) Of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial.
  • (superl.) Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
  • (superl.) Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
  • (superl.) Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.
  • (superl.) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
  • (superl.) Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.

Synonyms

Nice , decent , skillful , dainty , overnice , prissy , squeamish , courteous , gracious

Antonyms

nasty

Homophones

gneiss , nyce

Rhymes

advice , allspice , altarpiece , apiece , aris , audris , berneice , bernice , bice , breece , brice , brocious , bryce , buice , buysse , capece , caprice , cease , cece , centerpiece , cerise , clarice , cleese , concise , crease , crosspiece , dease , decease , decrease , deiss , denice , denise , device , devise , devries , deweiss , dice , dise , dyce , edelweiss , edris , eglise , elise , entice , excise , eyepiece , feis , felice , fleece , fleiss , fordyce , friess , gees , geese , geise , giese , gilcrease , gneiss , grease , greece , grice , griess , guice , haese , heise , heiss , hice , ice , imprecise , increase , kies , kilcrease , kleiss , kniess , kreiss , lease , leece , leese , legalese , leise , lice , lollis , luis , maese , maryse , masterpiece , maurice , mccleese , mcneece , mcneese , mcneice , meece , meese , meiss , mice , midprice , misprice , mouthpiece , neace , neece , neice , neiss , neisse , niece , niess , nyce , obese , overprice , paradise , patese , patrice , peace , pease , piece , police , precise , preece , preiss , price , priess , pryce , raptis , rease , reece , reese , reise , reiss , release , reprice , reserveese , rice , riess , sacrifice , showpiece , siess , slice , speece , speiss , spice , splice , stice , suffice , suisse , tese , theiss , thrice , tice , timepiece , treece , trice , tunis , twice , tyce , underprice , vanness , vantrease , vantreese , vice , vietnamese , vise , weis , weise , weiss , weisse , wice , wiess , wrice , yeas , zeese , zeiss