Definition of handsome Handsome

/hæˈnsʌm/ - [hansum] - hand•some

We found 20 definitions of handsome from 8 different sources.

What does handsome mean?

Adjective
handsome - given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
		big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded
		generous more than adequate; "a generous portion"
handsome - pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman
		fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, well-favored, well-favoured
		beautiful delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"

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handsome (Verb)
To render handsome.
handsome (Adjective)
Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
handsome (Adjective)
Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive.
handsome (Adjective)
Striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not typically beautiful.
handsome (Adjective)
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate.
handsome (Adjective)
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
handsome (Adjective)
Ample; moderately large.
handsome (Adjective)
Having a good appearance.

handsome (superl.)
Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
handsome (superl.)
Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
handsome (superl.)
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
handsome (superl.)
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
handsome (superl.)
Ample; moderately large.

handsome
Pleasant to look at, especially as conforming to ideals of form and proportion.

handsome
han′sum, adj. good-looking, well-proportioned, graceful: with dignity: liberal or noble: generous: ample.—adv. Hand′somely.—n. Hand′someness. [Hand and -some; cf. Dut. handzaam.]

handsome
He is a handsome-bodied man in the face; a jeering commendation of an ugly fellow. Handsome is that handsome does: a proverb frequently cited by ugly women.

handsome
He who is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor wise at forty, nor rich at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wise.