What is another word for refreshing?
Synonyms for refreshing
rɪˈfrɛʃ ɪŋre·fresh·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
refreshing
Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.
Synonyms:
acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcomeAntonyms:
depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched
Princeton's WordNet
bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonicadjective
imparting vitality and energy
"the bracing mountain air"
Synonyms:
tonic, spanking, bracing, wise, refreshful, lively, fresh, new, snappy, novel, brisk, tonal, smart, reinvigorated, unfermented, accented, impertinent, sweet, unused, saucy, merry, clean, sassy, impudent, refreshed, invigorated, zippy, rattling, overbold, alertAntonyms:
old, debilitatingnovel, refreshingadjective
pleasantly new or different
"common sense of a most refreshing sort"
Synonyms:
tonic, refreshful, novel, bracing, new, brisk, freshAntonyms:
old, debilitating
Dictionary of English Synonymes
refreshingadjective
Synonyms:
reviving, invigorating, grateful, pleasant, comfortable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
refreshingadjective
Synonyms:
reviving, reanimating, cooling, reinvigorating, refective
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "refreshing":
refresh, update, bracing, updating, upgrade, comforting, upgrading, reassuring
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#27 | new | |
#685 | welcome | |
#796 | update | |
#1809 | clean | |
#2085 | fresh | |
#2088 | upgrade | |
#2207 | smart | |
#2450 | alert | |
#2466 | sweet | |
#3456 | novel | |
#4670 | acceptable | |
#4895 | spanking | |
#4991 | wise | |
#5538 | pleasant | |
#6873 | updating | |
#7625 | delicious | |
#8581 | merry | |
#9031 | grateful | |
#9532 | upgrading | |
#9833 | refresh | |
#10035 | unused | |
#11543 | satisfying | |
#12285 | lively | |
#12582 | delightful | |
#13559 | refreshing | |
#16939 | pleasing | |
#19616 | sassy | |
#21667 | tonic | |
#26208 | refreshed | |
#26311 | accented | |
#26335 | comforting | |
#29420 | agreeable | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#31143 | pleasurable | |
#32210 | tonal | |
#32491 | reassuring | |
#34167 | bracing | |
#38411 | snappy | |
#40362 | gratifying | |
#40695 | saucy | |
#41824 | zippy | |
#43415 | rattling | |
#58985 | congenial | |
#98122 | invigorated | |
#103529 | impudent | |
#109233 | impertinent | |
#109352 | reinvigorated | |
#242476 | unfermented |
How to use refreshing in a sentence?
I didn’t think I would get admitted to Stanford at all, but it’s quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic activism as an asset rather than a liability.
I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists, which would be unique and refreshing.
G. K. Chesterton, The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown:
The discovery of this strange society was a curiously refreshing thing; to realize that there were ten new trades in the world was like looking at the first ship or the first plough. It made a man feel what he should feel, that he was still in the childhood of the world.
He doesn't speak in a way that Washington politicians are trained to speak, so to some people that sounds crazy but to me and most of America that sounds refreshing.
Five minutes away of [or] getting a few moments to yourself can [be] so refreshing.
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