pretty

[prit-ee] / ˈprɪt i /

ADJECTIVE

attractive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attractive beautiful charming cute elegant good-looking graceful handsome lovely neat pleasant

STRONG

fair

WEAK

appealing beauteous boss cheerful cher comely dainty darling delicate delightful dishy fine foxy pleasing pulchritudinous tasteful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

homely repulsive ugly unattractive

ADVERB

very; moderately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a little considerably fairly kind of moderately quite rather reasonably somewhat very

WEAK

ample pretty much sort of tolerably

Usage

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

Example Sentences

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Even though the wearables can only infer the stages, using heart rate and movement data, they kept up pretty well.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"I'm pretty free range," said mother Deng Ju, standing across from the exam hall holding a stack of practice books for her daughter, revising last minute with her friend nearby.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

But, "if it gets more people to learn about this pretty part of the country, then I'm OK with that."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

If he has traveled an arc of self-improvement, it has still landed him in a pretty rotten place.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Arlo and my dad are pretty used to my knowing things before they happen.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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