handsome

Meaning

1. Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive
2. Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive
3. Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
4. Good, appealing, appropriate.
5. Good, appealing, appropriate.
6. Good, appealing, appropriate.
7. Generous or noble in character.
8. Ample; moderately large.
9. (obsolete) Of people and things: dexterous; skillful.

beautiful

good-looking

fine-looking

well-favored

well-shaped

erudite and refined

be beautiful

fit to be seen

be pretty

good - looking

pretty and charming

having a golden colour

sharp-featured

Frequency

Hyphenated as

hand‧some

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhæn.səm/

From Middle English handsum, hondsom, equivalent to hand + -some. Compare Dutch handzaam, German Low German handsaam. 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).

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