| impressive | | |
| adj. | 1. impressive | making a strong or vivid impression.; "an impressive ceremony" |
| ~ awe-inspiring, awesome, awing, amazing, awful | inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" |
| ~ arresting, stunning, sensational | commanding attention.; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" |
| ~ staggering, stupefying, astonishing, astounding | so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm.; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying" |
| ~ baronial, imposing, noble, stately | impressive in appearance.; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" |
| ~ dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous | amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning.; "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps"; "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"; "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous" |
| ~ spectacular, striking, dramatic | sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect.; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation" |
| ~ grand, expansive, heroic | of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope.; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings" |
| ~ formidable | extremely impressive in strength or excellence.; "a formidable opponent"; "the challenge was formidable"; "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"; "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal" |
| ~ majestic, proud, gallant, lofty | having or displaying great dignity or nobility.; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" |
| ~ magnificent, glorious, brilliant, splendid | characterized by grandeur.; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" |
| ~ grandiose | impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval. |
| ~ important-looking | impressive in appearance. |
| ~ mind-boggling | intellectually or emotionally overwhelming.; "a mind-boggling display"; "a mind-boggling puzzle" |
| ~ palatial | suitable for or like a palace.; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht" |
| ~ signal | notably out of the ordinary.; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party" |
| ~ thundering | extraordinarily big or impressive.; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid" |
| ~ moving | arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion.; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter" |
| adj. | 2. impressive, telling | producing a strong effect.; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture" |
| ~ effective, effectual, efficacious | producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect.; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law" |
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