handsome

The word “handsome” has 2 syllables: hand-some

It's pronounced as /ˈhænsəm/

What is synonym and antonym for handsome?

In the thesaurus, “handsome” has 246 synonyms and 150 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for handsome along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for handsome

Brobdingnagian
Bunyanesque
Himalayan
Junoesque
a la mode
abundant
aesthetic
aesthetical
affected
alluring
ample
appealing
appreciable
aristocratic
arresting
artful
astronomic
astronomical
attractive
august
baronial
beauteous
beautiful
becoming
big
biggish
bonnie
bonny
bounteous
bountiful
boxcar
bulky
bumper
capacious
cavernous
charming
chic
chocolate-box
classic
classy
clean-cut
colossal
comely
commodious
conservative
considerable
copious
cosmic
cosmical
courtly
cunning
cute
cyclopean
dainty
dapper
delicate
delightful
desirable
dishy
dollish
drop-dead
elegant
elephantine
engaging
enormous
esthetic
esthetical
excessive
exorbitant
exquisite
extravagant
extreme
eye-catching
fair
fascinating
fashionable
fat
fetching
fine
flamboyant
flashy
flawless
foxy
galactic
gallant
gargantuan
generous
genteel
gigantic
glamorous
glamourous
glorious
glossy
good
good-looking
goodly
gorgeous
graceful
grand
grandiose
great
gross
healthy
hefty
hellacious
herculean
heroic
heroical
hot
huge
hulking
humongous
humungous
hunky
husky
immense
immoderate
imposing
impressive
in
inordinate
jumbo
king-size
king-sized
knockout
large
largish
lavish
leviathan
liberal
likely
lovely
lovesome
luscious
luxurious
magnificent
majestic
major
mammoth
massive
modish
monolithic
monstrous
monumental
mountainous
munificent
noble
nubile
ornate
ostentatious
outsize
outsized
oversize
oversized
patrician
perfect
personable
pharaonic
photogenic
pleasant
plentiful
polished
posh
prepossessing
presentable
pretentious
pretty
prettyish
princely
prodigious
proud
pulchritudinous
quiet
radiant
ravishing
refined
regal
respectable
resplendent
restrained
rich
robust
roomy
royal
seductive
seemly
sexy
sharp
showstopping
showy
sightly
significant
simple
sizable
sizeable
sleek
slick
smart
smooth
snappy
snazzy
sophisticated
spacious
splashy
splendid
spruce
staggering
stately
statuesque
striking
strong
studly
stunning
stupendous
stylish
suave
sublime
substantial
substantive
super
super-duper
superb
supersized
swagger
swank
swanky
taking
tasteful
telegenic
thick
tidy
titanic
toothsome
tremendous
understated
vast
vasty
virile
voluminous
walloping
well-dressed
well-favored
well-proportioned
whacking
whopping
zingy

Antonyms for handsome

Lilliputian
abhorrent
abominable
awkward
bad
bantam
bitty
cheesy
coarse
crude
diminutive
dinky
disagreeable
disgusting
dowdy
dreadful
dull
dwarf
dwarfish
flamboyant
flashy
foul
frightful
frumpish
frumpy
garish
gaudy
ghastly
glitzy
graceless
grotesque
half-pint
hideous
homely
horrible
ill-favored
inconsequential
inconsiderable
inelegant
infinitesimal
insignificant
insubstantial
little
little bitty
loathsome
loud
marginal
meager
meagre
mean
measly
microminiature
microscopic
microscopical
mini
miniature
minuscule
minute
nasty
nauseating
negligible
nominal
objectionable
offensive
paltry
petite
petty
picayune
picayunish
piddling
pint-size
pint-sized
plain
pocket
pocket-size
pocket-sized
poor
puny
pygmy
raffish
repellant
repellent
repugnant
repulsive
revolting
rough
rough-edged
rough-hewn
rude
ruffled
shocking
shrimpy
sickening
slender
slight
slim
small
smallish
splashy
stingy
styleless
tacky
tasteless
tawdry
teensy
teensy-weensy
teeny
teeny-weeny
terrible
thin
ticky-tack
ticky-tacky
tiny
trashy
trifling
trivial
ugly
unaesthetic
unappealing
unappetizing
unattractive
unbeautiful
unbecoming
uncomely
uncouth
uncultivated
uncultured
uncute
undersize
undersized
unfashionable
ungiving
unhandsome
unimportant
unimposing
unlovely
unpleasant
unpleasing
unpolished
unprepossessing
unpretty
unrefined
unshapely
unsightly
unsophisticated
unstylish
vile
vulgar
wee
wrinkled

Meanings of handsome

verb
1. To render handsome.
adjective
1. (of people, things, etc) Having a good appearance; good-looking.
2. Good, appealing, appropriate.
3. Generous or noble in character.
4. Ample; moderately large.
5. (said of things and people) Dexterous; skillful.

Example Sentences

Everyone admired his handsome appearance at the party.
She couldn’t stop talking about the handsome man she met at the café.
The actor is known for being incredibly handsome and charming.
He wore a handsome suit that made him stand out in the crowd.
The handsome painting on the wall caught everyone’s attention.

On this page you'll find 396 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to handsome, such as: Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Himalayan, Junoesque, Lilliputian, a la mode, abhorrent.

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