handsome
Usage
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.
Example Sentences
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Eight goals in two games is a handsome way to enter the tournament.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The chance came and went as did Youssef Chermiti's late header, high, wide and far from handsome.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
In one scene it lingers for what struck me as an inexplicably, even discomfitingly long time on the handsome face of a young sociopath pranking a pair of little kids with small stones.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Schylling had been enjoying handsome profits from NeeDohs long before their viral moment arrived.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
And when I look back, it’s the handsome SS man.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Vocabulary lists containing handsome
Call of Beauty: Synonyms for "Beautiful"
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"The Frog-Prince" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
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Spelling Practice 1, Unit 5
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