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Spell Bee Word: Impressive


What does impressive mean?

Word: Impressive

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Impressive means causing admiration because of its size, skill, quality or beauty.

Synonyms: remarkable, striking, magnificent, grand

Antonyms: unimpressive, dull

How do you spell impressive?

Syllables: im - pres - sive

Tricky part: Impress already has a double s, and impressive keeps both.

Watch out for: impresive, empressive

Memory tip: Press hard on the double s in the middle, the way a stamp presses on paper: impress keeps both of its s's.

Impressive in a sentence

Example 1: The view from the top of the fort was impressive.

Example 2: Oliver gave an impressive speech on Teachers' Day.

Example 3: The new metro station has an impressive glass roof.

Fun Fact

The painting style called Impressionism took its name from Claude Monet's 1872 painting Impression, Sunrise.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: impressive

a) colourful
b) famous
c) ordinary
d) expensive

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c) ordinary. Ordinary means nothing special; colourful, famous or expensive things are not always impressive.

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to make a new word:

impress

a) eve
b) ave
c) iv
d) ive

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d) ive. Impress takes ive, as express does in expressive.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) magnificent
b) impressive
c) splendid
d) remarkible

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d) remarkible. Remarkable is remark plus able.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would most people call impressive?

a) a ten-year-old who walks to school each day
b) a ten-year-old who has climbed a Himalayan peak
c) a ten-year-old who has a new pair of shoes
d) a ten-year-old who likes to eat mangoes

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b) a ten-year-old who has climbed a Himalayan peak

2. Which comment says a painting is impressive?

a) It is a little too dark.
b) The colours and detail are amazing.
c) It looks rather plain to me.
d) It is the same size as mine.

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b) The colours and detail are amazing.

Associated Words

Words that end in -ssive: progressive, aggressive, possessive, passive, successive

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: grand, dull

More words from this list

mosquito, quay, substitute, allegiance, bouquet, conference, diffident, fascinate

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