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nicety

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of nicety

1 a single piece of information

  • knows all the niceties of diplomatic protocol
Synonyms of nicety

datum, detail, fact, particular, particularity, point, specific
Words Related to nicety

article, item

component, constituent, element, ingredient, member, part

aspect, circumstance, facet, factor

evidence, exhibit

database, information, knowledge
Near Antonyms of nicety

error, fallacy, falsehood, inaccuracy, misconception, misstatement, myth

2 something that adds to oneʼs ease of living

  • a woman too fond of the niceties of urban living to even consider becoming a farmer's wife
Synonyms of nicety

accommodation, amenity, comfort, convenience, creature comfort, luxury, mod con [chiefly British]
Words Related to nicety

bonus, extra

benefit, help, service

anodyne, solace

delight, indulgence, joy, pleasure
Antonyms of nicety

burden, millstone, weight

3 the quality or state of being very accurate

  • there's a nicety of detail in his meticulously painted landscapes
Synonyms of nicety

accuracy, accurateness, closeness, delicacy, exactitude, exactness, fineness, perfection, preciseness, precision, rigor, rigorousness, ultraprecision, veracity
Words Related to nicety

correctness, fidelity, rightness, strictness, truth

definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, determinacy

nicety, subtlety

care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, persnicketiness
Near Antonyms of nicety

approximation, roundness

falseness, falsity, incorrectness, wrongness

carelessness, guesswork, looseness

indefiniteness, vagueness
Antonyms of nicety

coarseness, impreciseness, imprecision, inaccuracy, inexactitude, inexactness, roughness

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