nice

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• (a) pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes a
• (n) a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
• (s) socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"
• (s) done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"
• (s) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
• (s) noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument"
• (s) exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture"

nice Synonyms

• courteous
• dainty
• decent
• discriminate
• gracious
• Nice
• overnice
• prissy
• skillful
• squeamish