Synonyms of the word

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.

bang-up

• adj. Especially good; wonderful; superb.

break

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that…
• v. (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
• v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
• v. (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
• v. (transitive) To ruin financially.
• v. (transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.
• v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, temperaturewise.
• v. (intransitive, of a storm or spell of weather) To end.
• v. (transitive, gaming slang) To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
• v. (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
• v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
• v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
• v. (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately)…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
• v. (intransitive, of morning) To arrive.
• v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
• v. (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
• v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
• v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down;…
• v. (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a…
• v. (sports and games).
• v. (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
• v. (transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.
• v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
• v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
• v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
• v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
• v. (of a horse) To tame, to horsebreak.
• n. An instance of breaking something into two pieces.
• n. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
• n. A rest or pause, usually from work. Often the mid-morning breaktime in the school day.
• n. A short holiday.
• n. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
• n. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast,…
• n. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
• n. The beginning (of the morning).
• n. An act of escaping.
• n. (computing) The separation between lines or paragraphs of a written text.
• n. (Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
• n. (sports and games).
• n. (dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in…
• n. (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
• n. (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
• n. (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is,…
• n. (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as…

breakage

• n. The act of breaking.
• n. Something that has been broken.
• n. The left-over money in a parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the…

breaking

• v. present participle of break.
• n. The act by which something is broken.
• n. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
• n. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
• n. breakdancing.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

shattering

• v. present participle of shatter.
• n. The act of something that shatters.

slap-up

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

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.