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beauty
noun
1 beauty
The qualities that give pleasure to the senses.
Roget 845:
beauty,
the beautiful,
to kalon [Gr.],
le beau ideal.
[Science of the perception of beauty]
aesthetics,
callaesthetics†.
[-beauty of people]
pulchritude,
form,
elegance,
grace,
beauty unadorned,
natural beauty;
symmetry
etc.
242;
comeliness,
fairness
etc.
adj.;
polish,
gloss;
good effect,
good looks;
belle tournure†;
trigness†;
bloom,
brilliancy,
radiance,
splendor,
gorgeousness,
magnificence;
sublimity,
sublimification†.
concinnity†,
delicacy,
refinement;
charm,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
style.
Venus,
Aphrodite†,
Hebe,
the Graces,
Peri,
Houri,
Cupid,
Apollo†,
Hyperion,
Adonis†,
Antionous†,
Narcissus.
peacock,
butterfly;
garden;
flower of,
pink of;
bijou;
jewel
etc.
(ornament)
847;
work of art.
flower,
flow'ret gay†;
[flowers: list]
wildflower;
rose,
lily,
anemone,
asphodel,
buttercup,
crane's bill,
daffodil,
tulip,
tiger lily,
day lily,
begonia,
marigold,
geranium,
lily of the valley,
ranunculus,
rhododendron,
windflower.
pleasurableness
etc.
829.
beautifying;
landscaping,
landscape gardening;
decoration
etc.
847;
calisthenics†.
[person who is beautiful]
beauty;
hunk
(of men).
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Roget 242:
symmetry,
shapeliness,
finish;
beauty
etc.
845;
proportion,
eurythmy†,
uniformity,
parallelism;
bilateral symmetry,
trilateral symmetry,
multilateral symmetry;
centrality
etc.
222.
arborescence†,
branching,
ramification;
arbor vitae.
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Dutch: beauty, juweeltje, schone, prachtexemplaar, schoonheid
Polish: estetyczność, śliczność, krasa, estetyka, krasota, piękno, piękność, uroda
2 beauty
A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
synonyms: dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart.
Dutch: beauty, bout, moot, schone, schoonheid, seksbom
Polish: laska, laseczka, lasencja, sztuka
3 beauty
An outstanding example of its kind.
synonym: beaut.
Dutch: beeld
Moby thesaurus: Miss America, advantage, asset, attraction, attractiveness, balance, bathing beauty, beau ideal, beaut, beauty contest winner, beauty queen, belle, bunny, charmer, concinnity, cover girl, dazzler, dream, dreamboat, enchantress, equilibrium, euphony, eye-opener, eyeful, good-looker, great beauty, handsomeness, harmony, knockout, lady fair, looker, loveliness, lovely, measure, measuredness, model, order, orderedness, paragon, peach, pinup, pinup girl, proportion, pulchritude, pussycat, raving beauty, reigning beauty, rhythm, sex kitten, slick chick, strength, stunner, sweetness, symmetry, toast ... show more.
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