nifty

see definition of nifty

adjmarvelous

Synonyms for nifty

adj marvelous

Antonyms for nifty

cool

adjective. excellent

coolest

adjective. excellent

crackerjack

noun. ace

dandy

adjective. fine, excellent

dapper

adjective. well-groomed, neat

Word Origin & History

"smart, stylish," 1868, of unknown origin, perhaps theatrical slang, first attested in a poem by Bret Harte, who said it was a shortened, altered form of magnificat. Related: Niftily; niftiness.

Example Sentences for nifty

Gad, that rose in your hair—trust a girl to know what's nifty!

In a moment I had it girdled, and snapped the nifty sort of buckle they had made for me.

She carries that sort of thing well—she's so clean and nifty in line.

I suppose a mountain climber would have called it a nifty job.

It's part of my job to be a nifty young suspector—and to use what I guess at.

"That's a nifty outdoor suit you've on," he said, admiringly.

Yous can't run in dat kind of a play on Nifty Perkins an' make it stick.

Quite a nifty little 'idin'-place 'twould be fer any one, but as safe as 'ouses in the daylight.

She certainly was a nifty craft—about three hundred feet long, almost as big as a destroyer, and graceful as a swan in the water.

Why, say, proceeded the man as they got inside, I had no idea you could fix this place up so nifty.