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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Ester Expósito stars in a screen version of Mercedes Ron’s popular romance novel about a business tycoon’s daughter who—after being kidnapped and then promptly returned—gets a very handsome protector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Kushner showed up — the venture capitalist described him as handsome but also “geeky” — and was ready to listen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Ann Keen was 17 and working in a toilet roll factory in Ewloe, Flintshire, when she was asked out by a handsome salesman.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Bankers and management alike will be hoping that the message being sent to investors, that the massive spending on AI capex will generate handsome returns, will persuade them to participate in the equity offering.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
“That’s a handsome coat. Shabby but a good cut. You’re a tailor’s son, aren’t you?”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
You can get a handsomer guy who has more star quality.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
Now, however, he’s finally getting the cinematic recognition he deserves: Chris Pine, who is definitely handsomer than Robert ever was, will star in a new Netflix movie, Outlaw King, to be released Nov. 9.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2018
The 2008 revival of “South Pacific” on Broadway gave the baritone Paulo Szot, who reimagined the role of Emile de Becque in a younger and handsomer vein, an entree to a significant international opera career.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2017
There’s even a revisionist version of “Roots” that isn’t more than serviceable but is remarkably more handsome handsomer and better acted than the original.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
How is it you’ve grown handsomer and handsomer as you’ve aged?
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
The Ethiopians are said to be the tallest and handsomest men in the whole world.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Best bit: “You just never know how love will end / But never ever introduce her to your handsomest friend” from the song Father and Son.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
Randy Kreiling was from Peoria, Illinois, and one of the handsomest guys ever, just a stud.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2018
Queen Victoria reputedly praised him as the handsomest man she had ever met.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2018
She did a nice job, because I was assigned the handsomest boy in the neighborhood.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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