impressive

im·pres·sive

adjective \im-ˈpre-siv\

Definition of IMPRESSIVE

: making or tending to make a marked impression : having the power to excite attention, awe, or admiration <an impressive display of skill>

— im·pres·sive·ly adverb

— im·pres·sive·ness noun

Examples of IMPRESSIVE

1. He has an impressive vocabulary for a 10-year-old.
2. Her first performance was very impressive.
3. He has an impressive manner.

First Known Use of IMPRESSIVE

1598

Related to IMPRESSIVE

Synonyms

affecting, emotional, impactful, moving, poignant, stirring, touching

Antonyms

unaffecting, unemotional, unimpressive

Related Words

eloquent, expressive, meaningful, significant; demonstrative, excitable, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive; exciting, inspirational, provoking, rousing, stimulating; dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric); cathartic

Near Antonyms

cold, cool, detached, dispassionate, emotionless; deadpan

See Synonym Discussion at moving

Rhymes with IMPRESSIVE

aggressive, caressive, compressive, concessive, degressive, depressive, digressive, excessive, expressive, ingressive, obsessive, oppressive, possessive, progressive, recessive, regressive, successive, suppressive, transgressive