English dictionary

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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

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