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Synonyms for handsome
ˈhæn səmhand·some

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Wiktionary3.0 / 2 votes

  1. handsomeadjective

    Synonyms:
    pretty

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  1. handsome

    The definition of beauty, "perfection of form," is a good key to the meaning of beautiful, if we understand "form" in its widest sense. There must also be harmony and unity, and in human beings spiritual loveliness, to constitute an object or a person really beautiful. Thus, we speak of a beautiful landscape, a beautiful poem. But beautiful implies also, in concrete objects, softness of outline and delicacy of mold; it is opposed to all that is hard and rugged, hence we say a beautiful woman, but not a beautiful man. Beautiful has the further limit of not transcending our powers of appreciation. Pretty expresses in a far less degree that which is pleasing to a refined taste in objects comparatively small, slight, and dainty; as, a pretty bonnet; a pretty girl. That is handsome which is not only superficially pleasing, but well and harmoniously proportioned, with usually the added idea that it is made so by art, breeding, or training; as, a handsome horse; a handsome house. Handsome is a term far inferior to beautiful; we may even say a handsome villain. Fair denotes what is bright, smooth, clear, and without blemish; as, a fair face. The word applies wholly to what is superficial; we can say "fair, yet false." In a specific sense, fair has the sense of blond, as opposed to dark or brunette. One who possesses vivacity, wit, good nature, or other pleasing qualities may be attractive without beauty. Comely denotes an aspect that is smooth, genial, and wholesome, with a certain fulness of contour and pleasing symmetry, tho falling short of the beautiful; as, a comely matron. That is picturesque which would make a striking picture.

    Synonyms:
    attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, lovely, picturesque, pretty

    Antonyms:
    awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely, unpleasant

    Preposition:
    Beautiful to the eye; beautiful in appearance, in spirit; "beautiful for situation," Ps. xlviii, 2; beautiful of aspect, of its kind.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. handsome

    Synonyms:
    comely, good-looking, generous, liberal, beautiful, ample, pretty, graceful, lovely, elegant

    Antonyms:
    uncomely, ill-looking, ungenerous, illiberal, unhandsome

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favouredadjective

    pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

    "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman

    Synonyms:
    bounteous, giving, big, better-looking, openhanded, bighearted, well-favoured, bountiful, good-looking, fine-looking, liberal, freehanded, well-favored

    Antonyms:
    ugly, ungenerous, stingy

  2. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhandedadjective

    given or giving freely

    "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

    Synonyms:
    plentiful, magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, free, braggy, good-looking, with child(p), fine-looking, giving, large-minded, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, well-favoured, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, broad, swelled, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, freehand, tolerant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), well-favored, big(a), better-looking, self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing, loose

    Antonyms:
    stingy, ungenerous, ugly

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. alluringadjective

    the young girl was very alluring as her hair blew in the breeze.

    Submitted by 312719 on November 20, 2021  
  2. awesome

    handsome rhymes with awesome

    Submitted by bathula on May 17, 2020  
  3. sobhan

    Submitted by rahutsagarika on April 25, 2022  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. handsomeadjective

    Synonyms:
    beautiful (with dignity or grandeur) comely, fair, PRETTY, well-formed, well-proportioned

  2. handsomeadjective

    Synonyms:
    generous, liberal, disinterested, noble, magnanimous

  3. handsomeadjective

    Synonyms:
    ample, sufficient, plentiful

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How to use handsome in a sentence?

  1. Kelly Gomez:

    We gave him a couple supplemental bottle feedings and then returned him to mom, and then overnight, he was nursing just fine. He’s a sturdy little guy, and quite handsome.

  2. Dorothy Parker:

    I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.

  3. Chinese Proverb:

    Do not employ handsome servants.

  4. Loni Anderson:

    He’s such a handsome chap, really, what a handsome man.

  5. American Proverb:

    You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.


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