jim-dandy

Really quite good

Jim-dandy means excellent or first-rate, used with old-fashioned enthusiasm: That's a jim-dandy idea.

As a noun, a jim-dandy is something outstanding of its kind: The storm was a real jim-dandy.

The term sounds folksy and dated, often appearing in ironic or nostalgic contexts.

excellent

splendid

Impressively beautiful or fine

superbExtremely impressive, first-rate
first-rateOf superior quality
top-notchOf superior quality

stellar · marvelous · exceptional · fantastic · terrific · phenomenal · supreme · prime · choice · premium

vintage

old-fashioned

Belonging to earlier times

retroEvoking recent past
quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
nostalgicLonging for the past

bygone · yesteryear · folksy · homespun · corny · dated · antiquated · old-timey · wholesome · charming

Categories

showstoppersshowstopper, showstoppers, knockout, knockouts, stunner

Opposites

quality/excellence

jim-dandyterrible

Extremely poor or distressing

awful · lousy · dreadful · rotten · wretched

Family

dandy, dandies, dandyism, dandyish

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Mostly American · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G