nice nice adjective pleasing; agreeable; delightful. Nice Nice noun a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean: known as a vacation resort. NICE NICE acronym (in Britain) National Institute for Clinical Excellence: a body established in 1999 to provide authoritative guidance on current best practice in medicine and to promote high-quality cost-effective medical treatment in the NHS nicer , comparative nicest superlative pleasing; agreeable; delightful. a nice visit. Antonyms: unpleasant pleasing; agreeable; delightful. amiably pleasant; kind . They are always nice to strangers. Synonyms: friendly Antonyms: unkind amiably pleasant; kind . They are always nice to strangers. characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy. nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis. Synonyms: particular , discerning , discriminating , scrupulous , critical , exacting , exact , delicate Antonyms: careless characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy. nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis. showing or indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments. a job that requires nice measurements. showing or indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments. a job that requires nice measurements. minute, fine, or subtle. a nice distinction. minute, fine, or subtle. a nice distinction. having or showing delicate, accurate perception. a nice sense of color. having or showing delicate, accurate perception. a nice sense of color. refined in manners, language, etc.. Nice people wouldn't do such things. Synonyms: polite refined in manners, language, etc.. Nice people wouldn't do such things. virtuous ; respectable ; decorous . a nice girl. virtuous ; respectable ; decorous . suitable or proper. That was not a nice remark. Antonyms: improper suitable or proper. That was not a nice remark. carefully neat in dress, habits, etc. Synonyms: finicky , finical carefully neat in dress, habits, etc. (especially of food) dainty or delicate. (especially of food) dainty or delicate. having fastidious, finicky, or fussy tastes. They're much too nice in their dining habits to enjoy an outdoor barbecue. Synonyms: finicky , finical having fastidious, finicky, or fussy tastes. They're much too nice in their dining habits to enjoy an outdoor barbecue. Obsolete. coy, shy, or reluctant. Obsolete. coy, shy, or reluctant. Obsolete. unimportant; trivial. Obsolete. unimportant; trivial. Obsolete. wanton. Obsolete. wanton. nice and , sufficiently. It's nice and warm in here. nice and , sufficiently. It's nice and warm in here. make nice , to behave in a friendly, ingratiating, or conciliatory manner. make nice , to behave in a friendly, ingratiating, or conciliatory manner. a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean: known as a vacation resort. a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean: known as a vacation resort. pleasant or commendable a nice day pleasant or commendable kind or friendly a nice gesture of help kind or friendly a nice gesture of help good or satisfactory they made a nice job of it good or satisfactory they made a nice job of it subtle, delicate, or discriminating a nice point in the argument subtle, delicate, or discriminating a nice point in the argument precise; skilful a nice fit precise; skilful rare fastidious; respectable he was not too nice about his methods rare fastidious; respectable he was not too nice about his methods obsolete foolish or ignorant delicate shy; modest wanton foolish or ignorant foolish or ignorant pleasingly it's nice and cool it's nice and cool a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: a leading resort of the French Riviera; founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century bc . Pop: 342 738 (1999) a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: a leading resort of the French Riviera; founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century bc . Pop: 342 738 (1999) (in Britain) National Institute for Clinical Excellence: a body established in 1999 to provide authoritative guidance on current best practice in medicine and to promote high-quality cost-effective medical treatment in the NHS (in Britain) National Institute for Clinical Excellence: a body established in 1999 to provide authoritative guidance on current best practice in medicine and to promote high-quality cost-effective medical treatment in the NHS City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea .

City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea . The semantic history of nice is quite varied, as the etymology and the obsolete senses attest, and any attempt to insist on only one of its present senses as correct will not be in keeping with the facts of actual usage. If any criticism is valid, it might be that the word is used too often and has become a cliché lacking the qualities of precision and intensity that are embodied in many of its synonyms. Nice is the most famous resort of the French Riviera . Other Word Forms overniceness noun unniceness noun nicish adjective overnice adjective unnice adjective overnicely adverb unnicely adverb Inflected Forms nicer comparative nicest superlative Origin of nice 1 First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English: “foolish, stupid,” from Old French: “silly, simple,” from Latin nescius “ignorant, incapable,” equivalent to ne- negative prefix + sci- (stem of scīre “to know”; see science ) + -us adjective suffix Origin of Nice 2 From French, ( Provençal Niça ), from Latin Nīcaea, from Greek Nīkaía, proper noun use of adjective nīkaía “victorious,” from nī́kē “victory” To be nice is to be pleasant and good-natured. Polite people and sunny days are nice . Nice people and situations are enjoyable and don't cause problems. If you say something rude (or honest) to your sibling, your parents might say "Be nice!" This word is a little vague and overused. Like interesting , it's hard to know what people really mean when they say nice . One meaning is easier to figure out: if you score a goal in hockey, that was a nice shot. That means you were skillful and did well — you shot the puck nicely. Example Sentences Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com. See Examples For: You might need to pay extra to cover a nice bike, or to cover items that you take out and about with you rather than leave in your accommodation. From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026 "It's so nice when you stand over a putt and you know that... you have it to win the match and then you actually do it. That's the best feeling," said Stark. From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026 “Pretty nice compared to what we did see the last few days,” he added. From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026 It’s nice when it syncs and works, but when the schedule starts to stretch, as it did Tuesday into Wednesday, the action pushes later and later. From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026 We’ll have a nice meal when we leave this town and camp for the night. From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes Nice showcase for Rolie’s organ work, though, on one of the last Journey singles he played on before leaving the band. From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026 In the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolitan area, dense development and heavy tourism make the challenge especially demanding. From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026 Her “no Mr. Nice Guy” approach to enforcing the terms of a lease is also within her rights, her defenders say. From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026 On 15 July, when the annual Hong Kong Book Fair opened, national security police searched two more independent bookshops, Greenfield Bookstore and Have a Nice Stay, arresting five people for sedition. From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026 “And it worked perfectly! Good job, Kristina Houck. Mission accomplished. You set up your best friend after she kept your secret for over two years, and then you lost her. Nice job.” From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King Appeared in the April 29, 2026, print edition as 'Notable & Quotable: NICE '. From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026 The UK's health guidelines for obsessive compulsive disorder are 20 years old - they are currently being reviewed by NICE . From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025 NICE, which produces guidance for the NHS on how to give patients the best care, recommends a move away from a "one size fits all" approach and towards more personalised treatment. From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025 A side effect can be considered to be "common" when it affects just 1% of the people who take the medicine, according to health guidance body NICE . From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025 "Don't—don't you think it sounds kind of—well, kind of NICE, Peter?" she asked in a bashful sort of way. From Mrs. Peter Rabbit by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess “They start idealizing their old culture; suddenly things seem much nicer than when they lived at home,” she said. From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026 He's just getting the tyres in a nicer window than me, a nicer balance over the course of a lap, and the pace is just coming easier for him. From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026 We would have a much nicer, larger home for our family. From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026 A significant part of its business is built around buyers looking to upgrade to nicer homes, rather than entry-level buyers who are struggling the most. From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026 No matter how noble the ideal, some people had better jobs or nicer apartments whether or not they had earned them. From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein Howe had made them a horrible team to play against, in the nicest possible way. From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026 “We’ve come from the best cars ever made in Formula One and the nicest to drive,” says reigning world champion Lando Norris, “to probably the worst.” From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026 His Clark Kent-esque transformation, from unimposing nice guy — “the nicest guy in the entire world,” Casparius said — to smirking menace whenever the day needs saving is the stuff of comic book legends. From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026 McLaren's Lando Norris, the world champion, said after qualifying sixth in Melbourne: "We've come from the best cars ever made in Formula 1, and the nicest to drive, to probably the worst." From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026 One of the nicest boys in the class. From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. 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