Synonyms for pretty
- adjective
- adverb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Beautiful
beautiful, fair, cute, fine, good-looking, lovely, comely formal, handsome, elegant, dainty, darling, personable, bonnie UK
Other
Adverb
1. Fairly — somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very
fairly, very, somewhat, moderately, rather, reasonably, passably, tolerably, jolly, middling
Definitions
- adj. 1
Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
- adv. 1
Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
Related words
- Word family
- prettification prettify prettiness pretty-print
- Phrases
- pretty up pretty boy pretty penny pretty well pretty much
Choose the right word
Pretty expresses in a far less degree that which is pleasing to a refined taste in objects comparatively small, slight, and dainty; as, a pretty bonnet; a pretty girl.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- beautiful Paris, which is on the Seine, is a beautiful city.
- lovely They bought a site with lovely views of the ocean.
- cute You, Rikka, are very cute when you're embarrassed.
By length
- 4 letters
- very2, fine1, fair1, cute1
- 5 letters
- jolly2
- 6 letters
- rather2, lovely2, fairly2, wicked2, bonnie2, dainty2, comely2
- 7 letters
- darling2, elegant3
- 8 letters
- somewhat2, handsome2, middling3, mightily3, passably3
- 9 letters
- beautiful3, tolerably
- 10 letters
- reasonably4, moderately4, personable4
- 12 letters
- considerable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (very2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- joli