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nicety
Overview of noun nicety
The noun nicety has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) justness, rightness, nicety -- (conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty")
2. nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement -- (a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nicety
2 senses of nicety
Sense 1
justness, rightness, nicety
=> conformity, conformance
=> agreement, correspondence
=> compatibility
=> characteristic
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun nicety
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nicety
2 senses of nicety
Sense 1
justness, rightness, nicety
=> conformity, conformance
Sense 2
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
Antonyms of noun nicety
Member Holonyms of noun nicety
Substance Holonyms of noun nicety
Part Holonyms of noun nicety
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Substance Meronyms of noun nicety
Part Meronyms of noun nicety
Meronyms of noun nicety
Holonyms of noun nicety
Attributes of noun nicety
Derived Forms of noun nicety
Domain of noun nicety
Domain Terms of noun nicety
Familiarity of noun nicety
nicety used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun nicety
2 senses of nicety
Sense 1
justness, rightness, nicety
> conformity, conformance
=> justness, rightness, nicety
=> normality
Sense 2
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> lexical meaning
=> grammatical meaning
=> symbolization, symbolisation
=> sense, signified
=> intension, connotation
=> referent
=> effect, essence, burden, core, gist
=> intent, purport, spirit
=> moral, lesson
=> nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
=> overtone
=> point
Meronyms of noun nicety
2 senses of nicety
Holonyms of noun nicety
Grep of noun nicety
nicety
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