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good
adj. pleasant, fine
  • acceptable
  • ace
  • admirable
  • agreeable
  • bad
  • boss
  • bully
  • capital
  • choice
  • commendable
  • congenial
  • crack
  • deluxe
  • excellent
  • exceptional
  • favorable
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • gnarly
  • gratifying
  • great
  • honorable
  • marvelous
  • neat
  • nice
  • pleasing
  • positive
  • precious
  • prime
  • rad
  • recherché
  • reputable
  • satisfactory
  • satisfying
  • select
  • shipshape
  • sound
  • spanking
  • splendid
  • sterling
  • stupendous
  • super
  • super-eminent
  • super-excellent
  • superb
  • superior
  • tip-top
  • up to snuff
  • valuable
  • welcome
  • wonderful
  • worthy

gorgeous
adj. beautiful, magnificent
  • attractive
  • beaut
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • centerfold
  • colorful
  • dazzling
  • delightful
  • dream
  • drop-dead
  • easy on the eyes
  • elegant
  • enjoyable
  • exquisite
  • fine
  • flamboyant
  • foxy
  • gaudy
  • glittering
  • glorious
  • good-looking
  • grand
  • handsome
  • imposing
  • impressive
  • knockout
  • lavish
  • lovely
  • lulu
  • luxuriant
  • luxurious
  • opulent
  • ostentatious
  • pleasing
  • plush
  • pulchritudinous
  • ravishing
  • resplendent
  • showy
  • splendid
  • splendiferous
  • stunning
  • sublime
  • sumptuous
  • superb

grand
adj. impressive, great
  • admirable
  • ambitious
  • august
  • awe-inspiring
  • dignified
  • dynamite
  • elevated
  • eminent
  • exalted
  • excellent
  • fab
  • fine
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • glorious
  • grandiose
  • haughty
  • illustrious
  • imposing
  • large
  • lofty
  • luxurious
  • magnificent
  • majestic
  • marvelous
  • monumental
  • noble
  • opulent
  • ostentatious
  • outstanding
  • palatial
  • pompous
  • pretentious
  • regal
  • rich
  • smashing
  • something else
  • splendid
  • stately
  • striking
  • sublime
  • sumptuous
  • super
  • superb
  • terrific
  • unreal
  • very good

groovy
adj. cool, wonderful
  • boss
  • chic
  • deep
  • excellent
  • fabulous
  • fantastic
  • far-out
  • great
  • hip
  • neat
  • nifty
  • rad
  • sensational
  • splendid
  • super
  • swell
  • trendy
  • unorthodox
  • way-out
  • wild
  • with it

illustrious
adj. famous, prominent
  • big league
  • brilliant
  • celeb
  • celebrated
  • distinguished
  • eminent
  • esteemed
  • exalted
  • famed
  • glorious
  • great
  • heavy
  • lofty
  • monster
  • name
  • noble
  • notable
  • noted
  • outstanding
  • remarkable
  • renowned
  • resplendent
  • signal
  • splendid
  • star
  • sublime
  • superstar
  • well-known

impressive
adj. powerful, influential
  • absorbing
  • affecting
  • arresting
  • august
  • awe-inspiring
  • consequential
  • cool
  • deep
  • dramatic
  • effective
  • eloquent
  • excited
  • exciting
  • extraordinary
  • forcible
  • grand
  • impassioned
  • important
  • imposing
  • inspiring
  • intense
  • lavish
  • luxurious
  • majestic
  • massive
  • momentous
  • monumental
  • moving
  • noble
  • notable
  • penetrating
  • prime
  • profound
  • remarkable
  • rousing
  • splendid
  • stately
  • stirring
  • striking
  • sumptuous
  • superb
  • thrilling
  • touching
  • towering
  • vital
  • well-done

lovely
adj. beautiful, charming; agreeable
  • admirable
  • adorable
  • alluring
  • amiable
  • attractive
  • beauteous
  • bewitching
  • captivating
  • comely
  • dainty
  • delectable
  • delicate
  • delicious
  • delightful
  • enchanting
  • engaging
  • enjoyable
  • exquisite
  • fair
  • good-looking
  • gorgeous
  • graceful
  • gratifying
  • handsome
  • knockout
  • lovesome
  • nice
  • picture
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • pretty
  • pulchritudinous
  • rare
  • scrumptious
  • splendid
  • stunning
  • sweet
  • winning

lustrous
adj. glossy, shining
  • bright
  • burnished
  • dazzling
  • effulgent
  • fulgent
  • glacé
  • gleaming
  • glinting
  • glistening
  • glorious
  • glowing
  • incandescent
  • lambent
  • lucent
  • luminous
  • polished
  • radiant
  • refulgent
  • shimmering
  • shiny
  • sparkling
  • splendid
  • waxy

luxurious
adj. affluent, indulgent
  • comfortable
  • costly
  • deluxe
  • easy
  • elaborate
  • epicurean
  • expensive
  • extravagant
  • fancy
  • fit for a king/ queen
  • gorgeous
  • grand
  • grandiose
  • gratifying
  • hedonistic
  • immoderate
  • imposing
  • impressive
  • in the lap of luxury
  • lavish
  • luscious
  • lush
  • magnificent
  • majestic
  • opulent
  • ostentatious
  • palatial
  • pampered
  • pleasurable
  • pleasure-loving
  • plush
  • plushy
  • posh
  • pretentious
  • rich
  • ritzy
  • self-indulgent
  • sensual
  • sensuous
  • splendid
  • stately
  • sumptuous
  • sybaritic
  • upscale
  • voluptuous
  • well-appointed
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Word Origin & History

splendid 1620s, probably a shortening of earlier splendidious (early 15c.), from L. splendidus "magnificent, brilliant," from splendere "be bright, shine, gleam, glisten," from PIE *(s)plend- "bright" (cf, Lith. splendziu "I shine," M.Ir. lainn "bright"). An earlier form was splendent (late 15c.).

Example Sentences for splendid

Rested at Paney, as the horses were very tired, and there was splendid feed for them.

They did their work, they left us the splendid heritage we now enjoy.

His residence is at the Porte, where he has one of the splendid palaces.

"You are in splendid condition, Elfreda," praised Mrs. Gray.

To the conquest of fear this splendid universalism is another essential.

As the son of God I am from everlasting to everlasting, a splendid being with the universe as my home.

At length the door is opened, and the splendid font at once arrests the eye.

The ballet's good, the scenery is splendid, and the music might be worse.

The day promises to be splendid, but mists as yet hang over the scene.

I knew that I had impressed this strong, splendid woman, but I was a little afraid of her.

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