handsome

About 10.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly:

   That is one handsome tree you've got there.

2. adjective Of a man or boy: attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.

   I was struck dumb. Here was the most handsome man I’d ever seen in my life coming out of the surf.

3. adjective Of a woman: statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.

   She was either handsome or her uniform created a flattering effect but—being very nearsighted—he couldn't tell from this distance.

4. adjective Good, appealing, appropriate. Of weather, fine, clear and bright. Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.

   a handsome style

5. adjective Of weather, fine, clear and bright.
6. adjective Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.

   a handsome style

7. adjective Generous or noble in character.
8. adjective Ample; moderately large.

   a handsome salary

Similar words

good-looking well-favoured beautiful fine-looking generous bighearted well-favored giving bounteous bountiful

Often followed by

and young man face as in woman profit features

Word family

handsomely handsomeness handsomenesses handsomer handsomest