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nice guy

NOUN
a nice man
Synonyms
STRONGEST
good egg good guy
STRONG
Mister Nice Guy gentleman living doll pussycat sweetheart
Antonyms
WEAK
bounder brute cad lout

Example Sentences

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"He also didn't let me settle. He was very good at challenging people and helping students be the best they can be. Above all, he's a very funny, genuine, nice guy."

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

"Thaksin is a really nice guy and intellectual," his 46-year-old nephew told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Those who have met the president insist he’s a nice guy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

In the Hollywood neighborhood where he lived and worked as an Uber driver, one acquaintance described suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht as ‘a really nice guy.’

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Not that your father wasn’t a nice guy and all, but he wasn’t up to fatherhood.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood