Synonyms for belles-lettres
All synonyms
Noun
1. Polite literature — literature, particularly light compositions valued for their aesthetic properties
literature, humanities, polite literature dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Literature, particularly light compositions valued for their aesthetic properties.
Related words
- Other spellings
- belles lettres
By length
- 10 letters
- literature4, humanities4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (literature4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- belles-lettres