61 Synonyms & Antonyms For HANDSOME

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Definitions handsome [han-suhm] / ˈhæn səm / ADJECTIVE attractive Synonyms STRONGEST attractive beautiful clean-cut dapper elegant good-looking graceful lovely personable smart smooth stately stylish suave WEAK aristocratic august becoming comely fine impressive majestic noble pulchritudinous robust sharp spruce strong virile well-dressed well-proportioned Antonyms STRONGEST awkward disagreeable dull homely rough ruffled ugly unfashionable unsophisticated unstylish wrinkled WEAK unattractive ADJECTIVE considerable Synonyms STRONGEST ample considerable generous lavish STRONG abundant WEAK bounteous bountiful large liberal munificent plentiful princely sizable Antonyms STRONGEST mean WEAK insignificant poor small stingy ungiving

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What are other ways to say handsome?

Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.

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He was even more handsome than his profile suggested.

From Los Angeles Times

Alex greets us when we reach the training room, and he’s tall and handsome and friendly.

From Literature

"He looked handsome, he always did, but I thought I was dreaming", she laughs.

From BBC

Hugo is the kind of boy you would probably not like me to spend my time with, but – oh, Mama – he’s so handsome!

From Literature

Regardless, Willis is likely to land a handsome payday, due to the scarcity of desirable passers and the number of teams that badly need one.

From The Wall Street Journal

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Words related to handsome are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word handsome. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

attractive beautiful beauteous becoming bonny bountiful comely elegant fair fine free freest freehanded generous gorgeous graceful hunky liberal loveliest lovely magnanimous more beautiful more attractive more elegant more graceful more gorgeous most beautiful most attractive most striking munificent plenteous plenitudinous prettier prettiest pretty pulchritudinous ravishing ritzy sightly striking stunning taking tasteful tidy unstinting

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