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- pronunciation:
- haen
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
handsomer, handsomest |
| definition 1: |
having a pleasing, attractive, and healthy appearance.
Actors who were tall and handsome tended to get the leading roles.- synonyms:
- good-looking, personable
- antonyms:
- plain, ugly, unattractive, uncomely
- similar words:
- attractive, beautiful, becoming, comely, fair, pretty, shapely
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| definition 2: |
large or generous in amount.
She deserved the handsome bonus that she received once the project was done.- synonyms:
- bounteous, generous, munificent
- antonyms:
- meager
- similar words:
- abundant, ample, considerable, large, liberal, magnanimous, plentiful
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| definition 3: |
attractive and pleasing in form.
The architects created a truly handsome building.- synonyms:
- aesthetic, attractive
- antonyms:
- unattractive
- similar words:
- beautiful, impressive, pretty, stately, well-made
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| related words: |
lovely |
adverb + (adj.)handsome
astonishingly, boyishly, classically, conventionally, darkly, devastatingly, devilishly, elegantly, extraordinarily, extremely, impossibly, incredibly, overly, rakishly, remarkably, ruggedly, strikingly, terribly, undeniably
(adj.)handsome
+ noun
actor,
bachelor,
beard,
boy,
boyfriend,
brick,
charm,
chin,
devil,
dining,
dividend,
face,
feature,
fellow,
fireplace,
foliage,
gentleman,
grin,
guy,
hero,
hunk,
interior,
knight,
lad,
leather,
mahogany,
man,
mansion,
mustache,
portrait,
prince,
profit,
reward,
salary,
scar,
specimen,
stranger,
sum,
trunk,
uniform
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| derivations: |
handsomely (adv.), handsomeness (n.) |
The word handsome comes from an early English word that means "easy to handle." The meaning of "handsome" changed, to "good-looking," about five hundred years ago in the 1500s.
The word handsome
contains the following part:
-some1
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means characterized by, tending to
  Example words:
cumbersome, adventuresome, tiresome, awesome, fearsome, handsome, irksome, bothersome, blithesome, gruesome, loathsome, lonesome, meddlesome, quarrelsome, toothsome, troublesome, toilsome, lissome, lightsome1, lithesome, noisome, mettlesome, unwholesome, venturesome, wearisome, winsome, wholesome
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