handsome
Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
Example
“That is one handsome tree you've got there.”
Other meanings
Of a man or boy: attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
Of a woman: statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
Synonyms
- fine-looking
- good-looking
- better-looking
- well-favored
- well-favoured
Related words
- blandsome
- do the handsome thing
- handsome devil
- handsome is as handsome does
- handsomeish
- handsomely
- handsomeness
- mansome
- superhandsome
- unhandsome
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "handsum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “handsome” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.