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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There’s a teleportation device, a handsome demon played by LaKeith Stanfield and skinless stop-motion humans.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The Queen added: "May her hereafter be filled with impossibly handsome men and devoted dogs."
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Nine trustees ran dozens of companies as one, controlling the market from exploration to retail, and paying out handsome dividends.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
The narrator begins fantasizing about Sheila’s handsome Vietnamese vet — so vividly that he appears in her kitchen one day.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
His mussed brown curls and full lips gave him an air of innocence, but his hazel eyes were as hard and wary as those of a meadow viper, his handsome face all sharp edges.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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