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handsome

adjective

1 handsome

Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion:
— Very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome.

synonyms: better-looking, fine-looking, good-looking, well-favored, well-favoured.

Roget 845: beautiful, beauteous; handsome; gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing; attractive etc. (inviting) 615; delicate, ... show more

2 handsome

Given or giving freely:
— A handsome allowance.

synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded.

Roget 816: liberal, free, generous; charitable etc. (beneficent) 906; hospitable; bountiful, bounteous; handsome; unsparing, ungrudging; unselfish; ... show more

Roget 942: disinterested; unselfish; self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-devoted; generous.    handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded; noble-minded, high-minded; princely, great, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abundant, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, ample, attractive, august, beauteous, beautiful, big, bighearted, bonny, bounteous, bountiful, chic, chivalrous, comely, considerable, dashing, elegant, elevated ... show more.

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