nice

nice is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
2. superlative. Of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial.
3. superlative. Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
4. superlative. Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
5. superlative. Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.
6. superlative. 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.
7. superlative. Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
8. noun. a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
9. adjective. exhibiting courtesy and politeness

   "a nice gesture"

   Synonyms: courteous, gracious

10. adjective. 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"

    Synonyms: dainty, overnice, prissy, squeamish

11. adjective. pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance- George Meredith

    "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"

    "nice manners"

12. adjective. done with delicacy and skill

    "a nice bit of craft"

    "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"

    Synonyms: skillful

13. adjective. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

    "from a decent family"

    "a nice girl"

    Synonyms: decent

Synonyms

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

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nice:

cine

Common word forms

nicer, nicely, nicest, niceness

Words from these letters

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