Adjective: impressive im'pre-siv
- Making a strong or vivid impression
"an impressive ceremony"
- Producing a strong effect
"gave an impressive performance as Othello";
- telling
See also: amazing, arresting, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful [archaic], awing, baronial, breathtaking, brilliant, dazzling, dramatic, effective, effectual, efficacious, expansive, eye-popping [informal], formidable, fulgurant [rare], fulgurous [rare], gallant, glorious, grand, grandiose, heroic, imposing, lofty, magnificent, majestic, mind-boggling [informal], moving, noble, palatial, proud, sensational, signal, spectacular, splendid, staggering, stately, striking, stunning, stupefying, thundering
Antonym: unimpressive
Encyclopedia: Impressive