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Synonyms for cute

Most common

clever ingenious artful beautiful sweet precious endearing

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Clever — mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

clever, shrewd, ingenious, artful, sharp, cunning informal dated

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

    Cute trick, but can you do it consistently?

  2. adj. 2

    Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

    Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.

Example sentences

  • clever The dog was so clever that he seemed almost human.
  • ingenious The ingenious boy won a prize for his invention.
  • artful Tom is such an artful dodger that he always finds a way to get out of trouble.
  • beautiful Paris, which is on the Seine, is a beautiful city.
  • sweet Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
  • precious It's said that nothing is more precious than time.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cuterising
cleverrising
ingeniousfalling
artfulrising
beautifulrising
sweetrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
sexy2
5 letters
sweet1, sharp1
6 letters
pretty2, clever2, shrewd1, artful2
7 letters
cunning2
8 letters
precious2
9 letters
beautiful3, ingenious3, endearing3
10 letters
attractive3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sexy2 = 2 syllables).

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