Synonyms for handsome
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Beautiful or elegant
fine, attractive, good-looking, beautiful, elegant, stately, well-proportioned, impressive, imposing, aristocratic, comely; see also beautiful 1, 2, dignified, stately 2.
Having good masculine appearance
good-looking, attractive, dapper, spruce, clean-cut, virile, well-built, athletic, personable, strong, muscular, smooth*, sharp*, sexy*, easy on the eyes*, tall, dark and handsome*, cute*, hunky*; see also sense 1; manly.
Antonyms homely, ugly*, unattractive.
Large or extensive
full, ample, considerable; see extensive 1, large 1.
Noble
gracious, princely, magnanimous; see noble 2, worthy. See syn. study at beautiful.
See handsome in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Having qualities that delight the eye:
attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, ravishing, sightly, stunning. (Scots) bonny. Idiom: easy on the eyes. See beautifulCharacterized by bounteous giving:
free, freehanded, generous, lavish, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting. See give
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