Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nice

1 sense of nice

Sense 1
Nice -- (a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Antonyms of adj nice

5 senses of nice

Sense 1
nice (vs. nasty) -- (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")

nasty (vs. nice), awful -- (offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound)
        => dirty, filthy, lousy -- (vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor")
        => grotty -- (very unpleasant or offensive ; "a grotty little play")
        => hateful, mean -- (characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood")

Sense 2
decent, nice -- (socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl")

INDIRECT (VIA respectable) -> unrespectable -- (unworthy of respect)

Sense 3
nice, skillful -- (done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot")

INDIRECT (VIA precise) -> imprecise -- (not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional")

Sense 4
dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA fastidious) -> unfastidious -- (marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness; "unfastidious in her dress")

Sense 5
courteous, gracious, nice -- (exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture")

INDIRECT (VIA polite) -> impolite -- (not polite)

Similarity of adj nice

5 senses of nice

Sense 1
nice (vs. nasty) -- (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")
       => good -- (agreeable or pleasing; "we all had a good time"; "good manners")
       => pleasant -- ((of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around")
          Also See-> pleasant#1

Sense 2
decent, nice -- (socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl")
       => respectable (vs. unrespectable) -- (characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals; "a respectable woman")

Sense 3
nice, skillful -- (done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot")
       => precise (vs. imprecise) -- (sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment")

Sense 4
dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish -- (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")
       => fastidious (vs. unfastidious) -- (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness")

Sense 5
courteous, gracious, nice -- (exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture")
       => polite (vs. impolite) -- (showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.)