1. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
   "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today"; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"; "nice manners"
    
2. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness
   "a nice gesture";
   - courteous, gracious
    
3. Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
   "a nice girl";
   - decent
    
4. Done with delicacy and skill
   "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"; "a nice bit of craft";
   - skillful [N. Amer], skilful [Brit, Cdn], nifty [informal]
    
5. Subtle or precise
   "A nice distinction between the two terms"
    
6. [archaic] Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
   "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking";
   - dainty, overnice, prissy, squeamish

1. A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast, known as the leading resort on the French Riviera
   "Tourists flock to Nice for its beautiful beaches and mild climate"

Sounds like: new, nice

Derived forms: nicer, nicest

See also: fastidious, good, niceness, pleasant, polite, precise, relatable, respectable

Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Antonym: awful

Part of: France, French Republic

Encyclopedia: Nice, California