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impressive

  • /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/

Rhymes with -ɛsɪv

adjective more impressive · most impressive

  1. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. an impressive speech

    Similar: stupendous, gee whiz, imposing, lordly

  2. Capable of being impressed.
  3. Appealing.

Opposite: unimpressive

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: telling, effective, efficacious, effectual, glorious, stately, spectacular, expansive, majestic, imposing, heroic, proud, magnificent, gallant, lofty, staggering

adjective

Opposite: unimpressive

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adj making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress

Españolimpresionante
한국어인상적 insangjeok
日本語印象的な inshōteki na
中文令人印象深刻 lìngrén yìnxiàng shēnkè
Portuguêsimpressionante
Françaisimpressionnant, épatant
Deutschbeeindruckend, eindrucksvoll, imposant
Italianoimpressionante, spettacolare, notevole
Ελληνικάεντυπωσιακός entyposiakós
Românăimpresionant, mișcător
Русскийвпечатля́ющий vpečatljájuščij, внуши́тельный vnušítelʹnyj
עבריתמרשים marshím

adj capable of being impressed

Françaisimpressionnable
Русскийвпечатли́тельный vpečatlítelʹnyj

adj appealing

Españolhalagüeño, impresivo, apelativo
Italianoeccitante
Românăatrăgător, mișcător

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@misc{impressive_2026,
  title = {impressive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impressive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}