gorgeous

Meaning

1. (endearing, sometimes) Sumptuously dressed.
2. (endearing, sometimes) Very beautiful.
3. (rare) Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty, etc.

Synonyms

beautiful

splendid

magnificent

handsome

terrific

superb

elegant

wonderful

charming

brilliant

luxurious

attractive

bright

dazzling

awesome

gaudy

lovely

great

grand

stunning

sumptuous

ravishing

good-looking

dishy

marvelous

majestic

comely

capital

exquisite

fantastic

florid

flowery

gay

gleaming

glorious

glow

good looking

lustrous

palatial

pretty

refulgent

wicked

worthy of being seen

glitter

aureate

better-looking

resplendent beauty

deluxe

graceful

delicious

😋

delicate

groovy

deep

incandescent

kingly

lofty

looker

dandy

lucent

fantabulous

luxe

cute

crackerjack

corking

marvellous

copasetic

mean

neat

nifty

well-favoured

peachy

pleasing

pomp

portly

posh

preeminent

very beautiful

pulchritudinous

radiant

bully

red

well-favored

royal

sheeny

shining

showy

sightly

slender

smashing

snazzy

sparkle

❇️

sparkling

spiffing

blazing

splendor

splendour

sporty

spruce

stately

beauty

sublime

beauteous

beaming

surpassing

swank

fab

fabulous

fair

swell

fine

bang-up

visible

fulgent

funky

extravagance

vivid

generous

glary

Translations

magnifique

prächtig

wunderschön

splendide

Pracht

hinreißend

prachtvoll

großartig

Prunk

merveilleux

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɔːdʒəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gorgeouse

Cognate with Old French: gorgias

In summary

From Middle English gorgeouse, a borrowing from Middle French gorgias (“elegant, fashionable”), from Old French gourgias, gorgias (“gorgeous, gaudy, flaunting, gallant, fine”), of uncertain origin, but apparently connected with Old French gorgias (“a gorget, ruffle for the neck”), from Old French gorge (“bosom, throat”). See gorge. Semantic evolution probably akin to "swelling of the throat or bosom due to pride, bridling up" to "assume an air of importance, flaunting".