handsome
Usage
What are other ways to say handsome?
Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. 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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Will Beech join forces with them to solve the crime while sparking a romance with a handsome local cop?
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Forty-five years old, tall and strikingly handsome, Sumner was the consummate New England intellectual: widely traveled, deeply versed in classics and the law, and staunchly committed to the cause of African-Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The chance came and went as did Youssef Chermiti's late header, high, wide and far from handsome.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
"Well, if I'm going to die, at least I'll die young and handsome," he recounted his thought in the moment.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
The gentleman was tall and handsome, but I didn’t pay him any mind.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing handsome
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Spelling Practice 1, Unit 5
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