Definitions

pretty

[prit-ee] / ˈprɪt i /

ADJECTIVE

attractive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attractive beautiful charming cute elegant good-looking graceful handsome lovely neat pleasant

STRONG

fair

WEAK

appealing beauteous boss cheerful cher comely dainty darling delicate delightful dishy fine foxy pleasing pulchritudinous tasteful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

homely repulsive ugly unattractive

ADVERB

very; moderately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a little considerably fairly kind of moderately quite rather reasonably somewhat very

WEAK

ample pretty much sort of tolerably

Usage

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

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She texted a colleague, who replied: “This house of cards is pretty well crashed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Scotland picked their moments to strike and were pretty ruthless when they did.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

“It would be pretty cool if you could vacation on the moon,” Musk said.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

If he has traveled an arc of self-improvement, it has still landed him in a pretty rotten place.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

I’m pretty certain I didn’t make any such promise.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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