swell
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7.3
- adjective
- /swɛl/
- Archaic
:
estupendo
- That was one swell story you had in the Tribune this morning.
So Samsung, an update would be super swell.
- So Samsung, an update would be super swell.
- It saves energy, it's clean burning, it's swell.
- And maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell in this crummy southern town, in this crummy old hotel.
Examples
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Here's my top 5 candidates who I think would make a swell president for the nation.
Blog text (34) -
Brown was a really swell player, and I took the court with him expecting to be blown away.
Academic text (1991) -
It's gonna be a swell place to live till I get my release.
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-It was swell of you to invite him.
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Hey, I think you got a swell sense of humor.
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I do a pretty swell pot roast myself.
Academic text (2011) -
Fortunately, Compton is a swell guy, so it may work out okay.
Academic text (1997) -
And last, but certainly not least, I have a fifteen-year-old son, Hank, who's a swell kid.
Fiction book (1991) -
Geoff would like to believe that Dad was a swell guy, but that wasn't true.
Fiction book (1994) -
She has a swell personality that makes everyone feel welcome.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very good or excellent in quality
∞
1.0
Very good and better than most similar things
626
1.9
Very good and impressive, making you feel pleased
188
7.0
Very good and impressive
134
3.0
Better than expected and quite good
111
3.5
Of very high quality and extremely good
77
7.5
Very good and impressive at a skill
60
8.8
Very stylish and liked by many people
42
6.0
Being clever and useful, often small and attractive
24
6.7
Very good and impressive
24
6.9
Very good and pleasant, with no problems
16
7.8
Very good and of high quality
14
4.4
Very high quality and among the best
7
6.9
Very good and impressive
2
2.8
Very impressive and exciting
2
9.9
Very good or excellent in old, joking speech
1
9.3
Very good and pleasing to people
Very good and the best in quality
Very good and enjoyable
Very good, enjoyable, and attractive in a lively way
Very good and large, often used for a meal or party
Very good and enjoyable
A very successful time, for example a year
People use it in Britain to say something is very good
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A scale that shows how high sea waves and long smooth waves are
How Good
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swell as an adjective meaning 'very good' comes from the noun for a fashionable person: if a 'swell' looked stylish, then things that were like that came to be called 'swell' too. So saying something is swell means it is excellent or first-rate.