Synonyms

Beauty - Noun

also see: Beautiful
Quotes: Beauty
also see: Beauty

• S: (n) beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)
  o direct hyponym / full hyponym
  + S: (n) raw beauty (beauty that is stark and powerfully impressive)
  + S: (n) glory, resplendence, resplendency (brilliant radiant beauty) "the glory of the sunrise"
  + S: (n) exquisiteness (extreme beauty of a delicate sort)
  + S: (n) picturesqueness (visually vivid and pleasing)
  + S: (n) pleasingness (an agreeable beauty that gives pleasure or enjoyment) "the liveliness and pleasingness of dark eyes"- T.N. Carver
  + S: (n) pulchritude (physical beauty (especially of a woman))
  + S: (n) glamor, glamour (alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal))
  + S: (n) comeliness, fairness, loveliness, beauteousness (the quality of being good looking and attractive)
  + S: (n) prettiness, cuteness (the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman))
  + S: (n) handsomeness, good looks (the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man))
  + S: (n) attractiveness (sexual allure)
  o attribute
  + S: (adj) beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration) "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"
  + S: (adj) ugly (displeasing to the senses) "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
  o direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
  + S: (n) appearance, visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
  # S: (n) agerasia (youthful appearance in an old person)
  # S: (n) look (physical appearance) "I don't like the looks of this place"
  # S: (n) view (outward appearance) "they look the same in outward view"
  # S: (n) color, colour (the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation)
  # S: (n) complexion (texture and appearance of the skin of the face)
  # S: (n) impression, effect (an outward appearance) "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
  # S: (n) perspective, linear perspective (the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer)
  # S: (n) phase ((astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun)) "the full phase of the moon"
  # S: (n) vanishing point (the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge)
  # S: (n) superficies (the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance) "the audience was held by the substance of the play rather than by the superficies of the production"-R.W.Speaight
  # S: (n) format (the general appearance of a publication)
  # S: (n) form, shape, cast (the visual appearance of something or someone) "the delicate cast of his features"
  # S: (n) persona, image ((Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world) "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
  # S: (n) semblance, gloss, color, colour (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading) "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
  # S: (n) face (the general outward appearance of something) "the face of the city is changing"
  # S: (n) countenance, visage (the appearance conveyed by a person's face) "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"
  # S: (n) hairiness, pilosity (the quality of having hair)
  # S: (n) hairlessness (the quality of not having hair)
  # S: (n) beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)
  # S: (n) ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)
  # S: (n) disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity (an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen) "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"
  # S: (n) homeliness, plainness (an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful) "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
  # S: (n) blemish, defect, mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)) "a facial blemish"
  # S: (n) stain, discoloration, discolouration (a soiled or discolored appearance) "the wine left a dark stain"
  # S: (n) plainness (the appearance of being plain and unpretentious)
  # S: (n) ornateness, elaborateness (an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated)
  # S: (n) decorativeness (an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive)
  # S: (n) etiolation (a pale and sickly appearance) "his etiolation signaled years in prison"
  # S: (n) sleekness (the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored) "the sleekness of his appearance reminded me of his financial successes"
  o antonym
  + W: (n) ugliness [Opposed to: beauty] (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)
  o derivationally related form
  + W: (adj) beauteous [Related to: beauty] ((poetic )beautiful, especially to the sight)
  + W: (n) beautician [Related to: beauty] (someone who works in a beauty parlor)
  + W: (v) beautify [Related to: beauty] (be beautiful to look at) "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
  + W: (v) beautify [Related to: beauty] (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.) "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
  + W: (v) beautify [Related to: beauty] (make more beautiful)
  * S: (n) smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish (a very attractive or seductive looking woman)
  o direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
  + S: (n) woman, adult female (an adult female person (as opposed to a man)) "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
  # S: (n) Black woman (a woman who is Black)
  # S: (n) white woman (a woman who is White)
  # S: (n) yellow woman (offensive term for an Asian woman)
  # S: (n) amazon, virago (a large strong and aggressive woman)
  # S: (n) maenad ((Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus)
  # S: (n) bachelor girl, bachelorette (a young unmarried woman who lives alone)
  # S: (n) baggage (a worthless or immoral woman)
  # S: (n) ball-buster, ball-breaker (a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence)
  # S: (n) B-girl, bar girl (a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers)
  # S: (n) bluestocking, bas bleu (a woman having literary or intellectual interests)
  # S: (n) bridesmaid, maid of honor (an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding)
  # S: (n) broad (slang term for a woman) "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
  # S: (n) cat (a spiteful woman gossip) "what a cat she is!"
  # S: (n) Cinderella (a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition)
  # S: (n) coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser (a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men)
  # S: (n) dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman (a woman of refinement) "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"
  # S: (n) debutante, deb (a young woman making her debut into society)
  # S: (n) divorcee, grass widow (a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband)
  # S: (n) ex-wife, ex (a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife) "all his exes live in Texas"
  # S: (n) dominatrix (a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship))
  # S: (n) donna (an Italian woman of rank)
  # S: (n) enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale (a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive)
  # S: (n) eyeful (a strikingly beautiful woman) "she was a statuesque redheaded eyeful"
  # S: (n) geisha, geisha girl (a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing)
  # S: (n) girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille (a young woman) "a young lady of 18"
  # S: (n) girl (a friendly informal reference to a grown woman) "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls"
  # S: (n) girlfriend, girl, lady friend (a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved) "his girlfriend kicked him out"
  # S: (n) girlfriend (any female friend) "Mary and her girlfriend organized the party"
  # S: (n) gold digger (a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement)
  # S: (n) gravida (a pregnant woman)
  # S: (n) heroine (a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds)
  # S: (n) inamorata (a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship)
  # S: (n) jezebel (a shameless impudent scheming woman)
  # S: (n) jilt (a woman who jilts a lover)
  # S: (n) lady (a polite name for any woman) "a nice lady at the library helped me"
  # S: (n) maenad (an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman)
  # S: (n) matriarch, materfamilias (a female head of a family or tribe)
  # S: (n) matriarch (a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons))
  # S: (n) matron (a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution)
  # S: (n) mestiza (a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry))
  # S: (n) mistress, kept woman, fancy woman (an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man)
  # S: (n) mother figure (a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother)
  # S: (n) nanny, nursemaid, nurse (a woman who is the custodian of children)
  # S: (n) nullipara ((obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child)
  # S: (n) nymph, houri (a voluptuously beautiful young woman)
  # S: (n) nymphet (a sexually attractive young woman)
  # S: (n) old woman (a woman who is old)
  # S: (n) prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)
  # S: (n) shiksa, shikse (a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women)
  # S: (n) smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish (a very attractive or seductive looking woman)
  # S: (n) sylph (a slender graceful young woman)
  # S: (n) unmarried woman (a woman who is not married)
  # S: (n) vestal (a chaste woman)
  # S: (n) Wac (a member of the Women's Army Corps)
  # S: (n) Wave (a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch)
  # S: (n) widow, widow woman (a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried)
  # S: (n) wife, married woman (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
  # S: (n) wonder woman (a woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same time)
  # S: (n) Eve ((Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden)
  o derivationally related form
  + W: (v) stun [Related to: stunner] (overcome as with astonishment or disbelief) "The news stunned her"
  + W: (adj) dishy [Related to: dish] ((informal British) sexually attractive) "a dishy blonde"
  * S: (n) beauty, beaut (an outstanding example of its kind) "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"
  o direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
  + S: (n) exemplar, example, model, good example (something to be imitated) "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
  # S: (n) beauty, beaut (an outstanding example of its kind) "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"
  # S: (n) pacesetter, pacemaker (a leading instance in its field) "the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations"
  # S: (n) pattern (a model considered worthy of imitation) "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
  # S: (n) prodigy (an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality) "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor"