Synonyms for comely
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Handsome — attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking. Of a person, attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful…
good-looking, beautiful, handsome, shapely, beauteous formal, fair, winsome, attractive, pretty, lovely, bonnie, elegant, nice, personable, stunning, pulchritudinous, sightly dated, goodly dated
2. Decorous — attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking. Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc., meeting accepted moral…
seemly, proper, fitting, likely, agreeable, felicitous, becoming, suitable, apt, appropriate, fit, right, comme il faut, correct, befitting, apropos, apposite, conformable, expedient, opportune, decorous dated
3. Pleasing — pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant
Definitions
- adj. 1
Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking. Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.
- adj. 2
Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking. Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc.: meeting accepted moral or social norms; appropriate, becoming, proper.
- adj. 3
Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant.
Related words
- Word family
- comelily comeliness
Choose the right word
Comely denotes an aspect that is smooth, genial, and wholesome, with a certain fulness of contour and pleasing symmetry, tho falling short of the beautiful; as, a comely matron.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- attractive The position carries with it an attractive salary.
- handsome My boyfriend is smart, handsome, and friendly too.
- shapely My ideal woman is shapely, intelligent and a polyglot.
- winsome How could you dislike that winsome smile?
- agreeable All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| comely | rising | |
| attractive | steady | |
| handsome | rising | |
| shapely | rising | |
| winsome | rising | |
| agreeable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fit1, apt1
- 4 letters
- nice1, fair1
- 5 letters
- right1
- 6 letters
- pretty2, likely2, lovely2, proper2, bonnie2, goodly2, seemly
- 7 letters
- correct2, fitting2, elegant3, amiable4, apropos3, shapely2, winsome2, sightly
- 8 letters
- becoming3, suitable3, stunning2, handsome2, pleasing2, apposite, decorous3
- 9 letters
- beautiful3, agreeable4, befitting3, expedient4, opportune3, beauteous
- 10 letters
- attractive3, gratifying4, personable4, felicitous4
- 11 letters
- appropriate4, conformable
- 15 letters
- pulchritudinous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pretty2 = 2 syllables).