Synonyms for beautiful
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Well executed
lovely, gorgeous, pretty, exquisite, stunning informal, handsome, beauteous formal, wonderful, good-looking, attractive, comely formal, charming, pleasant, delightful, nice, elegant, splendid, great, gurt UK, marvelous US, marvellous UK, cute, sweet, perfect
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
There's a beautiful lake by the town.
Related words
- Word family
- beautifully beauty
- Phrases
- beautiful woman beautiful person beautiful man beautiful people
- Other spellings
- bee-utiful
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There must also be harmony and unity, and in human beings spiritual loveliness, to constitute an object or a person really beautiful. Thus, we speak of a beautiful landscape, a beautiful poem.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- pretty It is true that she is pretty, but she is selfish.
- lovely They bought a site with lovely views of the ocean.
- gorgeous You look absolutely gorgeous in this Kabyle dress.
- exquisite This restaurant offers some really exquisite dishes.
- scenic We went for a scenic drive as far as Lake Superior.
- picturesque We rode through a very picturesque seaside village.
By length
- 4 letters
- nice1, cute1, gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, sweet1
- 6 letters
- pretty2, lovely2, scenic2, comely2
- 7 letters
- perfect2, elegant3
- 8 letters
- gorgeous2, stunning2, handsome2, pleasant2, charming2, splendid2
- 9 letters
- wonderful3, exquisite3, marvelous3, beauteous
- 10 letters
- attractive3, delightful3, marvellous3
- 11 letters
- picturesque3
- 15 letters
- pulchritudinous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pretty2 = 2 syllables).