nice
/nais/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Pleasant, agreeable, or attractive: Used to describe something that gives enjoyment or satisfaction.
- Kind, polite, or good-natured: Used to describe a person's character or behavior.
- Requiring or showing precision, delicacy, or subtlety: Used to describe a fine distinction, a careful action, or a refined quality.
- Excessively fastidious or particular: Used to describe someone who is overly concerned with details or easily disgusted.
Usage and Examples
- Describing something pleasant:
- We had a nice time at the party.
- It's a nice day for a walk.
- Describing a kind person:
- She is a very nice person.
- It was nice of you to help.
- Describing precision or subtlety:
- There is a nice distinction between the two legal terms.
- The watchmaker made a nice adjustment.
- Describing excessive fastidiousness:
- He is too nice about his food to enjoy camping.
Advanced Usage
- "nice and" + adjective/adverb: Used as an intensifier meaning 'pleasantly' or 'satisfactorily'.
- The water was nice and warm.
- The car is running nice and smoothly.
- Ironical or sarcastic use: Used to mean the opposite, indicating something bad or troublesome.
- You've got us into a nice mess!
Variants and Related Words
- Nicely (adverb): In a pleasant, satisfactory, or precise manner.
- The project is progressing nicely.
- Nicety (noun): A subtle detail or point of etiquette.
- He explained the legal niceties.
- Niceness (noun): The quality of being pleasant or kind.
Synonyms
- Pleasant: Giving a sense of enjoyment.
- Kind: Having a friendly or generous nature.
- Precise: Marked by exactness.
- Fastidious: Very attentive to accuracy and detail.
Antonyms
- Nasty: Very unpleasant.
- Unkind: Inconsiderate or harsh.
- Coarse: Rough or lacking refinement.
- Careless: Not showing care or precision.
Idioms and Phrases
- Nice guy: A man who is pleasant and agreeable (sometimes implying a lack of assertiveness).
- He's a nice guy, but he needs to be more decisive.
- Nice work if you can get it: Said to express that a situation is very desirable or enviable.
- A three-month paid vacation? Nice work if you can get it!
- To be as nice as pie: To be very friendly or kind, often unexpectedly.
- After our argument, she was as nice as pie the next day.
Adjective
- exhibiting courtesy and politeness
- a nice gesture
- 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
- done with delicacy and skill
- a nice bit of craft
- a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer
- a nice shot
- socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
- from a decent family
- a nice girl
- 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 are nice today
Noun
- a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera