impressive

impressive is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
2. adjective. Capable of being impressed.
3. adjective. producing a strong effect

   "gave an impressive performance as Othello"

   "a telling gesture"

   Synonyms: telling

4. adjective. making a strong or vivid impression

   "an impressive ceremony"

Synonyms

telling

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in impressive:

permissive

Common word forms

impressively, impressiveness

Words from these letters

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