Nice, a. 1. Exact, accurate, precise, critical, definite, strict, rigorous.
2. Fastidious, dainty, squeamish, punctilious, finical, difficult, over-scrupulous, exacting, hard to please, very particular.
3. Subtile, fine, refined, minute.
4. Delicate, dainty, luscious, soft, tender, savory, delicious, palatable.
5. [Colloquial.] Pleasant, agreeable, delightful, good.
Niceness, n. 1. Exactness, accuracy, precision, nicety.
2. Scrupulousness, fastidiousness, delicacy, daintiness, squeamishness.
Nicety, n. 1. Accuracy, exactness, precision, truth, niceness.
2. Fastidiousness, daintiness, purism, squeamishness.
3. Subtilty, nice point, minute distinction.
4. Delicacy, dainty, tidbit, delicate morsel.
Niche, n. Nook, recess.
Nick, n. 1. Critical point (of time), critical moment, fortunate conjuncture.
2. Notch, dent, dint, indentation, incision.
Nick, v. a. Notch, cut notches in.
Nickname, n. Sobriquet, by-name.
Nictate, v. n. [Rare.] Wink, blink.
Nictation, n. Winking.
Niggard, n. Miser, curmudgeon, churl, hunks, lickpenny, skinflint, scrimp, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.
Niggard, a. Parsimonious, niggardly.
Niggardliness, n. Parsimony, stinginess, avarice, meanness.
Niggardly, a. 1. Parsimonious, covetous, stingy, avaricious, miserly, penurious, sordid, mean, illiberal, mercenary, niggard, close, close-fisted.
2. Saving, sparing, chary.
Nigh, a. Near, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, close by, close, close at hand, bordering upon, not far off, not distant, approximate to, hard by.
Nigh, ad. Near, nearly.
Nigh, prep. Near, close to, close by, not far from.
Night-fall, n. Evening, dusk, close of the day.
Nightingale, n. Philomel, philomela, (Philomela luscinia.)
Night-jar, n. Goat-sucker, wheel-bird, churn-owl (Caprimulgus Europœus).
Nightly, a. Nocturnal.
Night-walker, n. Somnambulist, sleep-walker.
Nihilism, n. Nothingness, nothing, non-existence, nonentity, nullity.
Nihility, n. Nothingness, nothing, non-existence, nonentity, nullity.
Nimble, a. Agile, lively, brisk, active, smart, quick, spry, ready, alert, dapper, sprightly.
Nimbleness, n. Briskness, smartness, agility, spryness, alertness, activity, sprightliness.
Nincompoop, n. [Low.] Ninny.
Ninepins, n. pl. Skittles.
Ninny, n. Simpleton, fool, dunce.
Nip, v. a. 1. Pinch, compress, squeeze, gripe.