Definition of handsome
Adjectives
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
"very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray
- Synonyms:
- better-looking, fine-looking, good-looking, well-favored, well-favoured
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beautiful
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
given or giving freely
"a handsome allowance"
- Synonyms:
- big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded
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generous
willing to give and share unstintingly
Vocabulary Lists for handsome
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