swell
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7.3
- adjective
- /swɛl/
- Archaic
- That was one swell story you had in the Tribune this morning.
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Watch on YouTubeSo 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
938
3.0
Better than expected and quite good
891
1.9
Very good and impressive, making you feel pleased
218
7.0
Very good and impressive
111
3.5
Of very high quality and extremely good
71
7.5
Very good and impressive at a skill
59
8.8
Very stylish and liked by many people
48
6.7
Very good and impressive
40
6.0
Being clever and useful, often small and attractive
36
4.4
Very high quality and among the best
29
6.9
Very good and pleasant, with no problems
29
7.6
Very good, enjoyable, and attractive in a lively way
21
7.8
Very good and the best in quality
18
9.9
Very good or excellent in old, joking speech
16
7.8
Very good and of high quality
12
6.9
Very good and impressive
10
5.6
A very successful time, for example a year
4
8.4
Very good and enjoyable
3
9.3
Very good and pleasing to people
3
2.8
Very impressive and exciting
1
8.6
Very good and enjoyable
1
8.9
Very good and large, often used for a meal or party
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.