Nifty

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nifty
       adj : 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}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy},
              {slap-up}, {swell}, {smashing}]
       [also: {niftiest}, {niftier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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