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| Main Entry: | pretty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
| Synonyms: | appealing, beautiful, boss*, charming, cheerful, comely, cute, dainty, darling, delicate, delightful, elegant, eyeful*, fair, fine, foxy*, good-looking, graceful, handsome, lovely, neat, nice, picture, pleasant, pleasing, tasteful, beauteous, cher, dishy, dreamboat, looker, pulchritudinous |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, ugly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pretty |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | considerable; somewhat |
| Synonyms: | ample, fairly, kind of, large, moderately, more or less, much, notable, quite, rather, reasonably, sizable, some, something, sort of, a little, pretty much, tolerably |
| Main Entry: | attractive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appealing, drawing attention |
| Synonyms: | adorable, agreeable, alluring, beautiful, charming, comely, enchanting, engaging, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, interesting, inviting, lovely, magnetic, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, seductive, stunning, teasing, tempting, winning, winsome, beckoning, bewitching, captivating, enthralling, enticing, hunky, looker, luring, mesmeric, taking, tantalizing |
| Antonyms: | repellent, repulsive, ugly, unappealing, unattractive |
| Main Entry: | beautiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically attractive |
| Synonyms: | admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy*, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, wonderful, beauteous, bewitching, enticing, pulchritudinous, sightly, taking, well-formed |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, grotesque, hideous, homely, offensive, plain, repulsive, ugly, unattractive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead*, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
| Antonyms: | awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful |
| Synonyms: | attractive, becoming, blooming, buxom, fair, fine, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, handsome, nice, pleasing, pretty, stunning, wholesome, winsome, a ten, beauteous, pulchritudinous |
| Antonyms: | despicable, disagreeable, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unattractive, bad-looking |
| Main Entry: | cute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perky, attractive |
| Synonyms: | adorable, beautiful, charming, dainty, delightful, pleasant, pretty |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly |
| Main Entry: | decorative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautifying |
| Synonyms: | cosmetic, fancy, florid, ornamental, pretty, adorning, embellishing, enhancing, nonfunctional, prettifying |
| Antonyms: | ugly |
| Main Entry: | good-looking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | handsome |
| Synonyms: | attractive, beautiful, clean-cut, comely, fair, impressive, lovely, pretty, righteous, beauteous, pulchritudinous |
| Antonyms: | dull, homely, ugly |
| Main Entry: | graceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile, charming, lovely |
| Synonyms: | adroit, aesthetic, artistic, beautiful, becoming, comely, curvaceous, dainty, decorative, delicate, dexterous, easy, elastic, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, flowing, handsome, harmonious, limber, lissome, lithe, natural, neat, nimble, pleasing, pliant, practiced, pretty, refined, rhythmic, seemly, shapely, skilled, slender, smooth, springy, statuesque, supple, symmetrical, tasteful, trim, willowy, balletic, controlled, poised |
| Notes: | graceful means characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form; gracious means characterized by charm, good taste, kindness, and generosity of spirit |
| Antonyms: | awkward, careless, graceless, inept, uncouth, ungraceful, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | halfway |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | not complete; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | comparatively, conciliatory, incompletely, insufficiently, middling, moderately, nearly, partially, partly, pretty*, rather, unsatisfactorily, compromising, half the distance, imperfectly, in part, medially, midway, restrictedly, to a degree, to some extent, to the middle |
| Antonyms: | completely, totally, wholly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lovely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, charming; agreeable |
| Synonyms: | admirable, adorable, alluring, amiable, attractive, comely, dainty, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, exquisite, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, gratifying, handsome, knockout, nice, picture, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, rare, scrumptious, splendid, stunning, sweet, winning, beauteous, bewitching, captivating, lovesome, pulchritudinous |
| Antonyms: | awful, disagreeable, drab, homely, ugly, unsightly, unlovely |
| Main Entry: | moderately |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | to a degree, to some extent |
| Synonyms: | enough, fairly, gently, kind of, more or less*, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, slightly, so-so*, some, something, somewhat, sort of, tolerable, a little, averagely, in moderation, in reason, more than not, not exactly, passably, quite a bit, temperately, tolerably, tolerantly, within limits, within reason |
| Antonyms: | immoderately, unlimitedly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | picturesque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive, referring to scenery |
| Synonyms: | artistic, beautiful, charming, colorful, graphic, photographic, pleasant, pretty, quaint, scenic, striking, vivid, arresting, pictorial |
| Antonyms: | hideous, ugly, unsightly |
| Main Entry: | preen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admire and clean oneself |
| Synonyms: | beautify, clean, doll up, groom, pretty, primp, spruce up, tidy, prettify, prink |
| Main Entry: | ravishing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
| Synonyms: | adorable, alluring, appealing, beautiful, charming, dazzling, enchanting, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, inviting, lovely, pleasing, pretty, radiant, seductive, stunning, bewitching, captivating, enticing, luring, tantalizing |
| Main Entry: | skillful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, talented |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, brainy, clever, competent, cool*, crack*, crackerjack*, dexterous, experienced, expert, good, handy, into*, learned, old*, on the ball*, practical, practiced, prepared, pretty, primed, pro*, professional, proficient, quick, ready, savvy*, seasoned, sharp, skilled, smart, smooth, trained, versed, veteran, whiz, wicked*, a hand at, really into, there, tuned in, versant, vet, well-versed, wised up |
| Antonyms: | green, ignorant, incapable, incapacitated, inexperienced, unable, unskilled, unskillful, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slightly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | a little |
| Synonyms: | hardly, imperceptibly, kind of, lightly, more or less, pretty, somewhat, hardly at all, hardly noticeable, inappreciably, inconsiderably, insignificantly, marginally, on a small scale, scarcely any, to some degree, to some extent |
| Antonyms: | considerably, greatly, a lot |
| Main Entry: | somewhat |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | to some extent |
| Synonyms: | adequately, considerably, fairly, far, incompletely, kind of, moderately, more or less, partially, pretty, quite, rather, slightly, some, something, sort of, well, a little, bearably, in part, insignificantly, not much, ratherish, significantly, to a degree, tolerably |
| Antonyms: | not at all |
| Main Entry: | stunning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, marvelous |
| Synonyms: | bonny, brilliant, comely, dazzling, devastating, excellent, fair, famous, fine, first-class*, first-rate*, gorgeous, great, handsome, heavenly, impressive, lovely, number one, out of this world, pretty, ravishing, remarkable, royal, sensational, spectacular, striking, superior, top, wonderful, beauteous, smashing |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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