handsome, good-looking, better-looking, fine-looking, well-favored, well-favoured
(adjective) 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
big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
handsome (comparative more handsome or handsomer, superlative most handsome or handsomest)
(of people, things, etc) Having a good appearance; good-looking.
(of a man or boy) Visually attractive; pleasant looking, good-looking.
(of a woman) Striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not typically beautiful.
Good, appealing, appropriate.
(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
Generous or noble in character.
Ample; moderately large.
(obsolete, said of things and people) Dexterous; skillful.
• (attractive): good-looking, pretty
• (ample, large): hefty, substantial
handsome (third-person singular simple present handsomes, present participle handsoming, simple past and past participle handsomed)
(transitive, obsolete) To render handsome.
• mashed on
Source: Wiktionary
Hand"some, a. [Compar. Handsomer; superl. Handsomest.] Etym: [Hand + -some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E. handy.]
1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons. [Obs.] That they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. Robynson (Utopia). For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him. Spenser.
2. 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.
3. Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc. Easiness and handsome address in writing. Felton.
4. Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous. Handsome is as handsome does. Old Proverb.
5. Ample; moderately large. He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money. V. Knox. To do the handsome thing, to act liberally. [Colloq.]
Syn.
– Handsome, Pretty. Pretty applies to things comparatively small, which please by their delicacy and grace; as, a pretty girl, a pretty flower, a pretty cottage. Handsome rises higher, and is applied to objects on a larger scale. We admire what is handsome, we are pleased with what is pretty. The word is connected with hand, and has thus acquired the idea of training, cultivation, symmetry, and proportion, which enters so largely into our conception of handsome. Thus Drayton makes mention of handsome players, meaning those, who are well trained; and hence we speak of a man's having a handsome address, which is the result of culture; of a handsome horse or dog, which implies well proportioned limbs; of a handsome face, to which, among other qualities, the idea of proportion and a graceful contour are essential; of a handsome tree, and a handsome house or villa. So, from this idea of proportion or suitableness, we have, with a different application, the expressions, a handsome fortune, a handsome offer.
Hand"some, v. t.
Definition: To render handsome. [Obs.] Donne
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 April 2025
(adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed; “an extinguishable fire”; “hope too is extinguishable”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
