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Definitions

beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbyu tə fəl /
ADJECTIVE
physically attractive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alluring appealing attractive exquisite gorgeous handsome lovely magnificent pulchritudinous ravishing stunning
STRONG
angelic becoming bewitching charming comely cute dazzling glorious good-looking photogenic prepossessing pretty shapely sightly
WEAK
delightful divine elegant enticing eye-catching fair fetching foxy graceful grand nice refined statuesque sublime superb taking well-formed wonderful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disgusting dreadful grotesque hideous homely horrible monstrous repulsive ugly unattractive
STRONG
bad-looking ordinary unsightly
WEAK
awkward graceless not much to look at plain
ADJECTIVE
highly pleasing to the senses
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exquisite gorgeous lovely magnificent picturesque pulchritudinous splendid splendiferous stunning
STRONG
beauteous glorious sightly snazzy
WEAK
dainty heavenly radiant resplendent

Usage

What are other ways to say beautiful? 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. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.

Example Sentences

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As Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen got their first look at home from far above, Glover told the world: "Planet Earth, you look beautiful."

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“Unless you were skiing beautiful powder and then hit this, honestly, I would challenge anybody to know the difference.”

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

“It gives them their version of Vogue to see the beautiful faces and the clothes and the parties.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

They’ve ruined the most amazing, the most beautiful place on earth,” and tweaked a popular Texas slight about someone being all hat and no cattle to describe Newsom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

I had always known that my old hound had a beautiful voice, but I had never heard it ring like it did in that silent library.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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