HANDSOME Synonyms

• pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

• highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

• able to attract interest or draw favorable attention

• (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

• pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm

• having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull

• having power to arouse interest

• capturing interest as if by a spell

• pleasing or delighting

• possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

• lively and spirited

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

• having a sophisticated charm

• having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

• refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

• suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

• displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution

• very attractive; capturing interest

• of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles

• money extracted as a penalty

• an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

• in a delicate manner

• being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

• minutely precise especially in differences in meaning

• thin in thickness or diameter

• characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment

• free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity

• record a fine as a penalty in a police record

• impose a fine on

• dazzlingly beautiful

• used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

• (extended meanings, especially of psychological heat) marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm

• characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense

• (color) bold and intense

• sexually excited or exciting

• recently stolen or smuggled

• very fast; capable of quick response and great speed

• wanted by the police

• producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves

• performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy

• very popular or successful

• very unpleasant or even dangerous

• newest or most recent

• having or bringing unusually good luck

• very good; often used in the negative

• made recently

• having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm

• of a seeker; very near to the object sought

• having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity

• charged or energized with electricity

• marked by excited activity

• a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model

• appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

• lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

• the physical coming together of two or more things

• the act of contacting one thing with another

• sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

• having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

• having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress

• being or in accordance with current social fashions

• Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.

• Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.

• All right; in good condition.

• Even; square; on equal footing with

• A lower-class person of Hungarian, Romanian, or Slavic, especially Ruthenian, descent.

• pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

• above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• extremely well

• in a boastful manner

• on a grand scale

• in a major way

• significant

• serious or severe

• loud and firm

• conspicuous in position or importance

• prodigious

• exhibiting self-importance

• feeling self-importance

• (of animals) fully developed

• marked by intense physical force

• generous and understanding and tolerant

• given or giving freely

• in an advanced stage of pregnancy