handsome
Meaning of handsome
- (of a man) good-looking.
- (of a number, sum of money, or margin) substantial.
he was elected by a handsome majority
Middle English: from hand + -some1. The original sense was ‘easy to handle or use’, hence ‘suitable’ and ‘apt, clever’ (mid 16th century), giving rise to the current appreciatory senses (late 16th century).
Information about handsome
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of handsome
hand-some
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- handsome is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
handsome synonyms
Meaning big:
big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded
Meaning (of a person) appealing to look at; sexually alluring:
Meaning (of a person) having a pleasant appearance and manner:
Meaning dramatically good-looking or beautiful:
Meaning extremely impressive or attractive:
Meaning worthy of or eliciting admiration:
Meaning large, strong, and sexually attractive (typically used of a man):
Meaning sexually attractive (typically used of a man):
Meaning having a high degree of heat or a high temperature:
Meaning beautiful; very attractive:
Meaning (of food) having a pleasant, distinct flavour:
Meaning sexually attractive:
Meaning an act of knocking someone out, especially in boxing:
Meaning of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose:
Meaning attractive in a pretty or endearing way:
Meaning courageous and determined:
Meaning pleasing to the eye:
Meaning of considerable importance, size, or worth:
Meaning notably large in size, amount, or extent:
Meaning fairly large:
Meaning of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity:
Meaning enough or more than enough; plentiful:
Meaning existing or available in large quantities; plentiful:
Meaning exceptionally large, fine, or successful:
Meaning existing in or yielding great quantities; abundant:
Meaning showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected:
Meaning (of a person) very generous or extravagant:
Meaning (of a sum of money) large or generous (often used ironically):
Meaning attractive or beautiful:
Meaning (of an amount, especially of money) considerable:
Meaning very large:
Meaning pounding or throbbing in a heavy, continuous way:
Meaning associated with or typical of a king; regal:
Meaning extremely large:
Meaning plentiful:
handsome antonyms
Meaning unpleasant or repulsive, especially in appearance:
Meaning (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality:
Translation of handsome
- French: joli, beau, gracieux
- Italian: bello, aggraziato, carino, grazioso, prestante
- Spanish: bonito, atractivo, atractiva, bonita
- German: anmutig
Words that rhyme with handsome
some, Proteasome, fleasome, lomasome, metasome, plasome, quantasome, tetrasome, twasome, nibsome, frolicsome, unfrolicsome, bendsome, gladsome, goodsome, greedsome, loadsome, needsome, superhandsome, unbendsome, ungladsome, unhandsome, unwieldsome, weirdsome, wildsome, adventuresome, awesome, babblesome, battlesome, beesome, blithesome, boresome, bunglesome, chucklesome, cuddlesome, curvesome, dolesome, eesome, eyesome, fatiguesome, figuresome, fivesome, fondlesome, gamblesome, gamesome, gigglesome, gleesome, gonesome, gruesome, grumblesome