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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

There's a splendid side to that poor lad's nature, if you but knew it.

One excellence of the Splendid Shilling is, that it is short.

Portia is a splendid creature, radiant with confidence, hope, and joy.

Where were the splendid fleets which were to have battered the English defence into impotence?

"That's a splendid idea," cried Mollie, overjoyed at the notion.

In one corner of the garden grew the most splendid tree of all.

She would have honoured this man for his splendid pertinacity, and have wiped all else from the slate.

This was news indeed—so splendid that it seemed almost too good to be true.

A tragic change occurred in the youth who had been so splendid.

But what unpracticed hand could trace such a splendid countenance?

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