English adjective: impressive | |||
1. | impressive making a strong or vivid impression | ||
Samples | An impressive ceremony. | ||
Similar | amazing, arresting, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing, baronial, brilliant, dazzling, dramatic, expansive, eye-popping, formidable, fulgurant, fulgurous, gallant, glorious, grand, grandiose, heroic, important-looking, imposing, lofty, magnificent, majestic, mind-boggling, noble, palatial, proud, sensational, signal, spectacular, splendid, staggering, stately, striking, stunning, stupefying, thundering | ||
See also | moving | ||
Antonyms | unimpressive | ||
2. | impressive producing a strong effect | ||
Samples | Gave an impressive performance as Othello. A telling gesture. | ||
Synonyms | telling | ||
Similar | effective, effectual, efficacious | ||
Antonyms | ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective | ||