handsome

Synonyms for handsome

adj attractive

Antonyms for handsome

Word Origin & History

c.1400, handsom "easy to handle, ready at hand," from hand (n.) + -some (1). Sense extended to "fair size, considerable" (1570s), then "having fine form, good-looking" (1580s). Meaning "generous" (in handsome reward, etc.) first recorded 1680s.

Related: Handsomeness.

Example Sentences for handsome

And there was big, handsome, Eddie Arledge, whose father had treated him shabbily.

He worships every handsome woman, who will allow herself to be polluted by his incense.

If he had engaged himself to a handsome schoolmistress, it was his fancy, and he could afford it.

Miss Glynne and her sister were known as "the handsome Miss Glynnes."

He was handsome and possessed a most intelligent and expressive countenance.

Such men were secured in the first place by handsome bribes.

He was so handsome and so gifted, and there were women who were mad about him.

Is Mr. Bellmer handsome—handsome enough to be Nelly's partner?

Everybody can't be as sensible and handsome as we are, you know.

He was a handsome young man dressed in the plain garb of a farmer.

handsome

Synonyms for handsome

Antonyms for handsome

beauteous

beautiful

becoming

bonny

bountiful

handsome

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Antonyms for handsome

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beauteous

beautiful

becoming

bonny

bountiful

Synonyms for handsome

attractive