Meaning & use
handsome
(especially of a man) Good-looking, with pleasing, well-proportioned features.
See it in a sentence
Everyone agreed he looked especially handsome in his new suit.
The town square is framed by a row of handsome nineteenth-century buildings.
A note on using this word
Handsome can also describe a generous or impressively large amount, as in 'a handsome profit.'
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
unattractive
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