good-looking

good-looking
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. handsome, pretty, comely. See beauty. Ant., homely.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. attractive, beautiful, handsome, nice-looking; see beautiful 1 , 2 , handsome 1 , 2 .
See Synonym Study at beautiful .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
attractive, beautiful, handsome, pretty, cute, comely, lovely, becoming, fair, *nice, *foxy, *bonny.
ANT.: ugly, repulsive
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Having qualities that delight the eye: attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, fair, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudi-nous, ravishing, sightly, stunning. Scots: bonny. Idiom: easy on the eyes. See BEAUTIFUL.

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  • Good-looking — Good look ing, a. Handsome; fine looking; as, a good looking man. Syn: fine looking, better looking, handsome, well favored, well favoured. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • good-looking — /good look ing/, adj. of good or attractive appearance; handsome or beautiful: a good looking young man; a good looking hat. [1770 80] * * * …   Universalium

  • good-looking — adj someone who is good looking is attractive >good looker n see usage note ↑beautiful …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • good-looking — [good′look′iŋ] adj. pleasing in appearance; beautiful or handsome SYN. BEAUTIFUL …   English World dictionary

  • good-looking — comely, pretty, bonny, fair, beauteous, pulchritudinous, handsome, *beautiful, lovely Analogous words: attractive, alluring, charming (see under ATTRACT): pleasing, *pleasant, agreeable …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • good-looking — [adj] handsome attractive, beauteous, beautiful, clean cut, comely, fair, impressive, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, righteous; concept 579 Ant. dull, homely, ugly …   New thesaurus

  • good-looking — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive …   English terms dictionary

  • good-looking — better looking, best looking ADJ GRADED Someone who is good looking has an attractive face. Cassandra noticed him because he was good looking. ...a good looking woman …   English dictionary

  • good-looking — adjective pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion (Freq. 1) a fine looking woman a good looking man better looking than her sister very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome Thackeray our… …   Useful english dictionary

  • good-looking — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ He was tall and fairly good looking. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • good-looking — adjective someone who is good looking has an attractive face see beautiful good looker noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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