impressive
Something that is impressive stands out because it is really good. Some of the most impressive college application essays are those that reflect on past events that shaped who the writer is today.
When you impress someone, you show that you are special or that what you did is praiseworthy. So something that's impressive does just that, like the impressive feat of running a marathon every week for a year. The earliest meaning of impressive was "capable of being easily impressed," from the Latin word impressus, "imprint or stamp." By around 1775, the meaning had changed to "making a strong impression on."
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making a strong or vivid impression“an impressive ceremony”synonyms:dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurousamazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightningformidableextremely impressive in strength or excellencegrandioseimpressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapprovalimportant-lookingimpressive in appearancemind-bogglingintellectually or emotionally overwhelmingpalatialsuitable for or like a palacesignalnotably out of the ordinarythunderingextraordinarily big or impressivemovingarousing or capable of arousing deep emotionantonyms:unimpressivenot capable of impressingunimposinglacking in impressivenesshumblemarked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
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producing a strong effect“gave an impressive performance as Othello”synonyms: tellingeffective, effectual, efficaciousproducing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
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