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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The Queen added: "May her hereafter be filled with impossibly handsome men and devoted dogs."
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Will Beech join forces with them to solve the crime while sparking a romance with a handsome local cop?
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
"Well, if I'm going to die, at least I'll die young and handsome," he recounted his thought in the moment.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
And then there’s Stuf Storage, a start-up that inserts storage spaces into existing, and often very handsome, buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Boaz, the handsome nerd who could not show up on time if his life depended on it, knew something she did not, in her cinema.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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