nifty

Meaning

Adj

1. (colloquial) Good, smart; useful or beneficial.
2. (colloquial) Stylish.

Noun

1. (colloquial) A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote.
2. (colloquial) A trick.

Synonyms

neat

smart

dandy

splendid

corking

great

bang-up

keen

groovy

slap-up

smashing

peachy

natty

bully

cracking

nimble

not bad

stunning

crackerjack

swell

terrific

trim

clever

fine

dapper

elegant

excellent

fab

fancy

foppish

fulgent

glary

golden

gorgeous

grand

incandescent

jaunty

jimdandy

joke

🤣

kempt

lissom

lissome

lofty

lucent

lustrous

luxe

marvelous

mean

mobile

nippy

outstanding

posh

presentable

pretty

prim

quaint

rakish

select

shining

sparkling

spark plug

spiffing

spiffy

spruce

spry

sterling

straight

stylish

super

superior

svelte

tidy

trig

trimmed

uncluttered

wonderful

well groomed

nobby

ruly

witty remark

fantabulous

sparkish

extraordinaire

jimhickey

admirable

unlittered

adroit

alert

aureate

beaming

beautiful

bijou

blazing

brag

bright

brilliant

capital

chic

clean

clean-cut

cleanly

comely

cool

🆒

copasetic

copesetic

cut

dandified

debonair

delicate

dressy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɪfti/

Etymology

From *nift + -y. First element is of unknown origin. Possibly theatrical slang, as a shortened, altered form of Magnificat.