Synonyms for PRETTY
ˈprɪt ipret·ty

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. prettynoun

   Antonyms:
   ugly

2. prettyadjective

   Cunning; clever, skilful.

   We'll stop at the knife store a look at the sharp pretties.

   Antonyms:
   ugly

3. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

4. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

5. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

6. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

7. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

8. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pretty

   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, handsome, lovely, picturesque

   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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. prettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   handsome, attractive, neat, trim, tasteful, pleasing, beautiful, fine, comely

2. pretty

   Synonyms:
   moderately, tolerably

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.1 / 9 votes

1. prettyadjective

   pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

   "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"

   Antonyms:
   good, ugly

2. prettyadverb

   (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

   "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"

   Antonyms:
   good, ugly

3. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passablyadverb

   to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

   "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"

   Synonyms:
   jolly, fair, middling, passably, evenhandedly, fairly, clean, more or less, slightly, moderately, reasonably, pretty, sanely, somewhat, sensibly

   Antonyms:
   ugly, good

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bella

   to look better than most; beautiful

   "she looked very pretty."

   Submitted by rinat on October 2, 2019  

2. beutiful

   something that looks good

   the dress is pretty.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2021  

3. delaney

   the ocean was delaney

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

4. lufituaeb

   lufituaeb means to be pretty or beautiful

   “dubai is such a lufituaeb country!”

   Submitted by anonymous on June 10, 2020  

5. tiana

   this is true because our teacher taught us it in high school

   "she is definitely a tiana"

   Submitted by Tiana.whittingham on January 11, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. prettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   beautiful (without dignity or grandeur), HANDSOME, elegant, comely, fine, neat, trim, fair

2. prettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   moderately, tolerably, considerably, in some degree

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   comely, fair, personable, considerable

   Antonyms:
   plain, homely, uncomely, ugly

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pretty":

   nice, beautiful, rather, cute, lovely, enough, jolie, quite, fairly, good-looking, belle, very, handsome, sweet, almost, nice-looking, relatively, somewhat, fine, instead, beautifui, joli, beauty

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1. Ruchir Puri:

   I responded pretty much right away.

2. Scott Goginsky:

   The market was getting painted with a pretty broad brush and we took the opportunity to buy strategically.

3. Britton Banowsky:

   Syverud said in a statement. RECRUITING HIT : The NCAA penalties included the reduction of three men's basketball scholarships a year for four years and recruiting restrictions will be enforced for two years. Jim Boeheim has what is regarded as the best recruiting class in Jim Boeheim long tenure coming in the fall. In its decision, The NCAA indicated that Syracuse can delay the scholarship reductions by one year in the case of any student-athletes that have a financial agreement with the university. Syracuse loses only Rakeem Christmas from this year's team and is at the 13-scholarship limit for 2015-16. MIDDLING MAN : The NCAA said several violations involved students and staff. The report added that academic violations stemmed from the director of basketball operations, who was hand-picked by Jim Boeheim to address academic matters and ended up violating academic integrity.'' The rule's pretty clear, the head coach has a duty to monitor activities in his program. Jim Boeheim did dispute that Jim Boeheim should be held accountable. There was controversy over that. It( the charge) was not effectively rebutted at all.

4. Paul Boden:

   It's so indicative of how dehumanizing we've become about homeless people, if you are going to hose somebody down, they are probably going to move. Water is a very effective tool to get someone to move, and it's become a tool in addressing homeless in America today. It's pretty sad.

5. Jeff Spaulding:

   We're within 24 hours of launch right now, which is pretty amazing for where we've been on this journey.