nifty
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
nifty
adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car";
"had a great time at the party"; "you look simply
smashing" [syn: {bang-up}, {bully}, {corking},
{cracking}, {dandy}, {great}, {groovy}, {keen}, {neat},
{nifty}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy}, {slap-up}, {swell},
{smashing}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nifty \nifty\ adj.
1. Very good; excellent; -- an informal term meaning about
the same as {groovy}, sense 1. [informal, 1960's]
Syn: bang-up, bully, cool, corking, cracking, dandy, great,
groovy, keen, neat, not bad(predicate), peachy, slap-up,
swell, smashing.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Stylish; attractive; -- of clothing; as, a nifty outfit.
[PJC]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "nifty":
OK, ace-high, agile, apt, bad, bang-up, bonzer, boss, braw, bully,
but good, chic, classy, clever, clothes-conscious, considerable,
cool, corker, corking, cosmopolitan, crackerjack, daisy, dandy,
dapper, dashing, delicious, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill,
ducky, elegant, energetic, excellent, exquisite, fab, fine,
fine and dandy, gear, genteel, good, great, groovy, healthy, heavy,
hot, humdinger, hunky-dory, in good form, jam-up, jaunty,
just dandy, keen, knockout, marvy, mean, modish, natty, neat,
nobby, okay, out of sight, peach, peachy, peachy-keen, posh,
profitable, quick, recherche, ripping, ritzy, rum, satisfactory,
satisfying, scrumptious, sharp, slap-up, sleek, smart, smashing,
smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, solid, something else,
sophisticated, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, spruce, spry, stunning,
style-conscious, stylish, substantial, suitable, super, swank,
swanky, swell, terrific, tough, tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed,
well-groomed, wizard
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