Nice definition
Nice is an adjective meaning "pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance." It has 5 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Nice as an adjective
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
"what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
"a nice girl"
Same sense: decent
done with delicacy and skill
"a nice bit of craft"
Same sense: skillful
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
"too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"
Same sense: dainty, squeamish, prissy, overnice
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
"a nice gesture"
Same sense: gracious, courteous
Synonyms and antonyms
- decent
- skillful
- dainty
- squeamish
- prissy
- overnice
- gracious
- courteous
Opposite: nasty.
How to say nice
Nice has 1 syllable and rhymes with price. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with nice
- price
- ice
- advice
- twice
- vice
- device
- rice
- sacrifice
- paradise
- precise
- mice
- slice
NICE in word games
- Scrabble
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Anagrams
- 1
Is NICE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check NICE in the word checker, or unscramble NICE to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.
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