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.

Example Sentences

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“We started adding a little bit more of a traveled feel, a world view to the place, rather than just the pretty aesthetic,” she explains.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Barber's overall assessment was direct: "Orion itself seems to have worked pretty well, actually - certainly all the propulsion stuff, which is the real critical stuff."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“Then you’ve got all this pent-up demand from years of pretty high interest rates,” he adds.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Rick: The hotel pretty much just got the porcupine and left.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

His eyes go soft and, I’m pretty sure, a bit damp, but he looks away from me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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