Synonyms of the word

dandy

• adj. Like a dandy, foppish.
• adj. Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
• adj. Excellent; first-rate.
• n. A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
• n. (Britain, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
• n. A dandy roller.

bang-up

• adj. Especially good; wonderful; superb.

beau

• n. (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
• n. (dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.
• n. A male escort.

bully

• n. A person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power.
• n. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an…
• n. A hired thug.
• n. A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.
• n. (uncountable) Bully beef.
• n. (obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.
• n. The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
• n. A small freshwater fish.
• n. (obsolete or dialectal, Ireland and Northern England) An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade.
• n. (dialectal) A companion; mate. (male or female).
• n. (obsolete) darling, sweetheart. (male or female).
• v. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
• v. (transitive) To act aggressively towards.
• adj. (US, slang) Very good; excellent.
• adj. (slang) Jovial and blustering; dashing.
• interj. (often followed by for) Well done!

clotheshorse

• n. A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
• n. (by extension) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.

corking

• v. present participle of cork.
• adj. (informal) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up.
• n. The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper.

cracking

• n. (chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce…
• n. The formation of cracks on a surface.
• n. The production of a crack sound.
• adj. (colloquial) Great.
• adj. (colloquial) Enjoyable.
• adv. (Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.
• v. present participle of crack.

dude

• n. (colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
• n. (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning…
• n. An inexperienced cowboy.
• n. (slang) A tourist.
• n. (archaic) A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
• interj. (slang) A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, etc.
• v. To address someone as dude.
• v. To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
• v. (US) Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.

fop

• n. A vain man; a dandy.

gallant

• adj. Brave, valiant.
• adj. Honorable.
• adj. Grand, noble.
• adj. (obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
• adj. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
• n. (dated) Fashionable young man, who is polite and attentive to women.
• n. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
• n. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
• n. (nautical) topgallant.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To attend or wait on (a lady).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To handle with grace or in a modish manner.

good

• adj. (of people).
• adj. (of capabilities).
• adj. (of properties and qualities).
• adj. (colloquial) With "and", extremely.
• adj. Holy (especially when capitalized).
• adj. (of quantities).
• interj. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
• adv. (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
• n. (uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and…
• n. (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
• n. (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes…
• n. (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
• v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.
• v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.
• v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
• v. (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

great

• adj. Very big, large scale.
• adj. Very good.
• adj. Important.
• adj. Title referring to an important leader.
• adj. Superior; admirable; commanding; applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
• adj. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful;…
• adj. (obsolete) Pregnant; large with young.
• adj. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable.
• adj. [qualifying nouns of family relationship] Involving more generations than the word qualified implies.…
• adj. (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.
• interj. Expression of gladness and content about something.
• interj. sarcastic inversion thereof.
• n. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
• n. (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
• adv. very well (in a very satisfactory manner).

groovy

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.
• adj. (dated) Set in one's ways.
• adj. (dated, slang) Cool, neat, interesting, fashionable.
• n. (dated, slang) A trendy and fashionable person.

keen

• adj. Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness…
• adj. Fierce, intense, vehement.
• adj. Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
• adj. Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
• adj. Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
• adj. Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
• adj. (Britain) Extremely low as to be competitive.
• adj. (US, informal, dated) Marvelous.
• adj. (obsolete) Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.
• v. (transitive, rare) To make cold, to sharpen.
• n. A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
• v. (intransitive) To utter a keen.
• v. (transitive) To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
• v. (transitive) To mourn.

man

• n. An adult male human.
• n. (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
• n. A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.).
• n. (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.).
• n. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
• n. (obsolete) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
• n. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity,…
• n. (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
• n. A husband.
• n. A lover; a boyfriend.
• n. A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used…
• n. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last…
• n. A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
• n. A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
• n. An adult male servant. (historical) A vassal. A subject.
• n. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
• n. (MLE, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
• n. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience,…
• n. A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
• adj. Only used in man enough.
• interj. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing…
• v. (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
• v. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
• v. (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence…

neat

• n. (archaic) A bull or cow.
• n. (archaic) Cattle collectively.
• adj. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
• adj. Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
• adj. (chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
• adj. (archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
• adj. Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
• adj. Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
• adj. (colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable.
• n. (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear…

nifty

• adj. (colloquial) Good, smart; a general term for anything that is good, useful or beneficial.

peachy

• adj. Resembling a peach, peach-like.
• adj. (slang) Very good, excellent.

sheik

• n. The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
• n. An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order.
• n. (some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent…
• n. (1920s) A romantic lover. (from the 1921 film The Sheikh).
• n. (slang) An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing.
• n. An honorific for specialists in spirituality.

slap-up

• adj. (informal) Excellent, first-class.

smashing

• adj. Serving to smash (something).
• adj. (originally US, now Britain) Wonderful, very good or impressive.
• n. Gerund: The action of the verb to smash.
• v. present participle of smash.

swell

• v. (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
• v. (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
• v. (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
• v. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
• v. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
• v. To protuberate; to bulge out.
• n. The act of swelling.
• n. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
• n. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
• n. (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
• n. (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
• n. (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
• n. A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
• n. (informal, dated) A person who is dressed in a fancy or elegant manner.
• n. (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
• adj. (Canada, US, informal, slang) Excellent.

yawl

• n. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
• n. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder…
• v. To cry out; to howl.