Synonyms: impressive, telling
Definition: producing a strong effect
Usage: gave an impressive performance as Othello; a telling gesture
Similar words: effective, effectual, efficacious
Definition: producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
Usage: an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation-LewisMumford; effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace; made an effective entrance; his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action; an efficacious law
Synonyms: impressive
Definition: making a strong or vivid impression
Usage: an impressive ceremony
Similar words: awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing, amazing
Definition: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
Usage: 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- Melville; Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent
Similar words: arresting, stunning, sensational
Definition: commanding attention
Usage: an arresting drawing of people turning into animals; a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten; a stunning performance
Similar words: staggering, astonishing, astounding, stupefying
Definition: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
Usage: 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
Similar words: stately, noble, imposing, baronial
Definition: impressive in appearance
Usage: a baronial mansion; an imposing residence; a noble tree; severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses; stately columns
Similar words: dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous
Definition: amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning
Usage: 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- Janet Flanner; adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous- Idwal Jones
Similar words: striking, spectacular, dramatic
Definition: sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
Usage: 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
Similar words: expansive, heroic, grand
Definition: of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
Usage: an expansive lifestyle; in the grand manner; collecting on a grand scale; heroic undertakings
Similar words: formidable
Definition: extremely impressive in strength or excellence
Usage: 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
Similar words: gallant, lofty, majestic, proud
Definition: having or displaying great dignity or nobility
Usage: a gallant pageant; lofty ships; majestic cities; proud alpine peaks
Similar words: magnificent, glorious, brilliant, splendid
Definition: characterized by grandeur
Usage: the brilliant court life at Versailles; a glorious work of art; magnificent cathedrals; the splendid coronation ceremony
Similar words: grandiose
Definition: impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
Similar words: important-looking
Definition: impressive in appearance
Similar words: mind-boggling
Definition: intellectually or emotionally overwhelming
Usage: a mind-boggling display; a mind-boggling puzzle
Similar words: palatial
Definition: suitable for or like a palace
Usage: palatial furnishings; a palatial yacht
Similar words: signal
Definition: notably out of the ordinary
Usage: the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party
Similar words: thundering
Definition: extraordinarily big or impressive
Usage: a thundering success; the thundering silence of what was left unsaid