impressive

im·pres·sive

adj \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

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Rhymes with IMPRESSIVE

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