How does the adjective beautiful differ from other similar words?
Some common synonyms of beautiful are comely, fair, handsome, lovely, and pretty. While all these words mean «exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure,» beautiful applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the senses.
beautiful mountain scenery
How are the words comely and handsome related as synonyms of beautiful?
Comely is like handsome in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to.
the comely grace of a dancer
When can fair be used instead of beautiful?
The words fair and beautiful are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, fair suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness.
When could handsome be used to replace beautiful?
While in some cases nearly identical to beautiful, handsome suggests aesthetic pleasure due to proportion, symmetry, or elegance.
a handsome Georgian mansion
How do lovely and beautiful relate to one another?
Lovely is close to beautiful but applies to a narrower range of emotional excitation in suggesting the graceful, delicate, or exquisite.
In what contexts can pretty take the place of beautiful?
The words pretty and beautiful can be used in similar contexts, but pretty often applies to superficial or insubstantial attractiveness.
a painter of conventionally pretty scenes
- alluring
- appealing
- charming
- cute
- dazzling
- delicate
- delightful
- elegant
- exquisite
- fascinating
- fine
- good-looking
- gorgeous
- graceful
- grand
- handsome
- lovely
- magnificent
- marvelous
- pleasing
- pretty
- splendid
- stunning
- superb
- wonderful
- admirable
- angelic
- beauteous
- bewitching
- classy
- comely
- divine
- enticing
- excellent
- fair
- foxy
- ideal
- nice
- pulchritudinous
- radiant
- ravishing
- refined
- resplendent
- shapely
- sightly
- statuesque
- sublime
- symmetrical
- taking
- well-formed
On this page you’ll find 137 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to beautiful, such as: alluring, appealing, charming, cute, dazzling, and delicate.
antonyms for beautiful
- awkward
- bad
- coarse
- crude
- drab
- dull
- homely
- horrible
- inelegant
- inferior
- insignificant
- offensive
- ordinary
- paltry
- poor
- repulsive
- rough
- ugly
- uncouth
- unrefined
- disgusting
- grotesque
- hideous
- plain
- unattractive
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What are other ways to say beautiful?
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. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.
How to use beautiful in a sentence
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WORDS RELATED TO BEAUTIFUL
- adorable
- agreeable
- alluring
- beautiful
- beckoning
- bewitching
- captivating
- charming
- comely
- enchanting
- engaging
- enthralling
- enticing
- fair
- fascinating
- fetching
- glamorous
- good-looking
- gorgeous
- handsome
- hunky
- interesting
- inviting
- looker
- lovely
- luring
- magnetic
- mesmeric
- pleasant
- pleasing
- prepossessing
- pretty
- provocative
- seductive
- stunning
- taking
- tantalizing
- teasing
- tempting
- winning
- winsome
- amazing
- astonishing
- beautiful
- cool
- excellent
- exceptional
- fabulous
- great
- impressive
- intense
- marvelous
- mind-blowing
- outstanding
- remarkable
- terrific
- wonderful
- acceptable
- agreeable
- attractive
- beautiful
- comely
- cute
- effective
- enhancing
- excellent
- fair
- graceful
- handsome
- neat
- nice
- presentable
- pretty
- seemly
- tasteful
- welcome
- well-chosen
- alluring
- beautiful
- captivating
- charming
- desirable
- enchanting
- engaging
- enthralling
- enticing
- fascinating
- glamorous
- lovely
- luring
- pretty
- seductive
- tempting
- winning
- winsome
- adorable
- beautiful
- charming
- dainty
- delightful
- pleasant
- pretty
- adorable
- beautiful
- charming
- dainty
- delightful
- pleasant
- pretty
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Из статьи вы узнаете, как сделать комплимент, не используя привычное слово beautiful (красивый).
Делимся подборкой слов и выражений, которыми нейтивы выражают свой восторг: восхваляют ослепительную улыбку, бездонные глаза, милые ямочки на щеках. Еще говорим, как отметить магнетизм и физическую привлекательность.
1. Pretty ― миловидный, симпатичный, привлекательный
You are so pretty today! ― Ты так прелестно выглядишь сегодня!
О не только красивых, но еще и умных, нейтивы говорят not be just a pretty face (не просто красивая мордашка).
You know, she isn’t just a pretty face. ― Знаешь, у нее не просто красивое лицо.
2. Gorgeous ― прекрасный, великолепный, привлекательный
You look absolutely gorgeous in this dress. ― Ты выглядишь просто великолепно в этом платье.
3. Stunning ― сногсшибательный
Elizabeth, you look absolutely stunning! ― Елизавета, ты выглядишь просто сногсшибательно!
4. Cute ― привлекательный, миловидный
I can’t stop looking at your cute face! ― Я не могу налюбоваться твоим милым лицом!
5. Adorable ― прелестный, очаровательный, восхитительный
Your eyes are adorable! The most adorable I’ve ever seen! ― У тебя восхитительные глаза! Самые восхитительные из всех, что я когда-либо видел!
6. Attractive ― привлекательный, физически притягательный
You are so attractive that it’s impossible not to fall in love with you! ― Ты настолько привлекательна, что невозможно не влюбиться в тебя!
7. Beguiling ― очаровательный, притягательный
They had a baby girl with beguiling eyes. ― У них родилась девочка с очаровательными глазами.
8. Arresting ― красивый, захватывающий
Когда речь идет о внешности, нейтивы употребляют не только arresting, но и arresting-looking.
I’ve never met such an arresting-looking woman. ― Я никогда не встречал такой привлекательной женщины.
9. Lovely ― прелестный
You look lovely! ― Ты выглядишь прелестно!
10. Perfect ― совершенный, идеальный
You seem perfect to me! ― Ты идеальна для меня!
11. Ravishing ― восхитительный, потрясающий, очаровательный
Yesterday night she looked ravishing. — Вчера вечером она выглядела восхитительно.
12. Radiant ― ослепительный, невероятно красивый и счастливый
You have such a radiant smile! ― У тебя такая ослепительная улыбка!
13. Fantastic ― превосходный
You look fantastic in this outfit, as if it was made for you! ― Ты выглядишь превосходно в этом наряде, словно он был создан специально для тебя!
14. Good-looking ― привлекательный, приятной внешности
She’s a bit arrogant but strikingly good-looking! ― Она слегка высокомерная, но невероятно привлекательная!
К слову good-looking применимо правило сравнения прилагательных в английском языке ― good (хороший) – better (лучше) – the best (лучший).
Liza seems to get better-looking the older she gets. ― Кажется, Лиза чем старше, тем привлекательнее.
15. Breathtaking ― захватывающий
The view from my living room window is absolutely breathtaking. ― Вид из моей гостиной невероятно захватывающий.
16. Captivating ― очаровательный, пленительный
That day she was more captivating than ever. ― В тот день она была очаровательна, как никогда.
17. Dainty ― изящный
Her dainty movements have always attracted men’s attention. ― Ее изящные движения всегда привлекали мужчин.
18. Dazzling ― ослепительный
She looked dazzling, with her long blonde hair. ― С длинными светлыми волосами она выглядела ослепительно.
19. Dreamy ― дивный
She is a very smart woman with dreamy brown eyes. ― Она умная женщина с дивными карими глазами.
20. Alluring ― привлекательный, соблазнительный
You are so alluring in this dress. — Она так соблазнительна в этом платье.
21. Hot ― сексуально привлекательный
The actor in this movie plays a hot character. ― Актер в этом фильме играет сексуального персонажа.
22. Foxy ― физически привлекательный
She is a truly foxy lady. ― Она по-настоящему привлекательная молодая девушка.
23. You look as lovely as ever! ― Ты, как всегда, прекрасно выглядишь!
24. You are drop-dead gorgeous! ― Ты просто убийственно красива!
25. You are easy on the eyes! ― На тебя так приятно смотреть!
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Other Ways to Say Beautiful
Good-looking; A good-looking man or woman is physically attractive
Example; You certainly make a good-looking engineer.
Alluring; very attractive or tempting; enticing
Example; She is very pretty, but not alluring.
Appealing; describes someone who is able to attract interest or is easy to like
Example; A place like that is not really appealing.
Lovely; Very beautiful or attractive
Example; George, this is such a lovely car.
Dazzling; extremely attractive or exciting.
Example; My friend has a dazzling display of basketball skills.
Elegant; tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc…
Example; The woman is elegant.
Gorgeous; Beautiful; very attractive
Example; My wife is gorgeous.
Graceful; to describe movements that are lovely and elegant
Example; All her attitudes were graceful.
Fine; good, good enough, healthy, well and etc…
Example; My health is fine now.
Exquisite; extraordinarily fine or admirable
Example; This restaurant offers some really exquisite dishes and meals.
Grand; important and large in degree
Example; My sister has all kinds of grand ideas.
Delightful; Causing delight; charming
Example; It’s always delightful to see you.
Cute; pleasant and attractive
Example; His baby is really cute.
Charming; pleasant, attractive
Example; She looks very charming everytime.
Fascinating; Extremely interesting
Examples; For me, sport is a fascinating subject.
Handsome; physically attractive in a traditional, male way
Example; She said that he was handsome.
Delicate; needing careful treatment, especially because easily damaged
Example; That’s a delicate point.
Nice; Pleasing, agreeable
Example; She is nice person.
Pretty; pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness
Example; Spanish is pretty hard, isn’t it?
Splendid; excellent, or beautiful and impressive
Example; Welldone, She did a splendid job.
Divine; Very pleasing, delightful
Example; The cake tastes divine!
Magnificent; very goog, deserving to be admired
Example; They live in a magnificent house.
Pleasing; giving a feeling of satisfaction or enjoyment
Example; That song is very pleasing to the ear.
Beauteous; very attractive to look at
Example; You are looking beauteous.
Sublime; extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable
Example; That book has sublime descriptive passages and topics.
Marvellous; extremely good
Examples; He is a marvellous footballer.
Admirable; deserving respect or approval
Example; The doctor did an admirable job.
Wonderful; extremely good
Example; You are wonderful person. I like you man.
Stunning; extremely beautiful or attractive
Example; She makes the most stunning dresses.
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