Synonyms for pretty
ˈprɪt ipret·ty

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. prettynoun

   Antonyms:
   ugly

2. prettyadjective

   Cunning; clever, skilful.

   We'll stop at the knife store a look at the sharp pretties.

   Antonyms:
   ugly

3. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

4. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

5. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

6. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

7. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

8. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pretty

   The definition of beauty, "perfection of form," is a good key to the meaning of beautiful, if we understand "form" in its widest sense. There must also be harmony and unity, and in human beings spiritual loveliness, to constitute an object or a person really beautiful. Thus, we speak of a beautiful landscape, a beautiful poem. But beautiful implies also, in concrete objects, softness of outline and delicacy of mold; it is opposed to all that is hard and rugged, hence we say a beautiful woman, but not a beautiful man. Beautiful has the further limit of not transcending our powers of appreciation. Pretty expresses in a far less degree that which is pleasing to a refined taste in objects comparatively small, slight, and dainty; as, a pretty bonnet; a pretty girl. That is handsome which is not only superficially pleasing, but well and harmoniously proportioned, with usually the added idea that it is made so by art, breeding, or training; as, a handsome horse; a handsome house. Handsome is a term far inferior to beautiful; we may even say a handsome villain. Fair denotes what is bright, smooth, clear, and without blemish; as, a fair face. The word applies wholly to what is superficial; we can say "fair, yet false." In a specific sense, fair has the sense of blond, as opposed to dark or brunette. One who possesses vivacity, wit, good nature, or other pleasing qualities may be attractive without beauty. Comely denotes an aspect that is smooth, genial, and wholesome, with a certain fulness of contour and pleasing symmetry, tho falling short of the beautiful; as, a comely matron. That is picturesque which would make a striking picture.

   Synonyms:
   attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque

   Antonyms:
   awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely, unpleasant

   Preposition:
   Beautiful to the eye; beautiful in appearance, in spirit; "beautiful for situation," Ps. xlviii, 2; beautiful of aspect, of its kind.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. prettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   handsome, attractive, neat, trim, tasteful, pleasing, beautiful, fine, comely

2. pretty

   Synonyms:
   moderately, tolerably

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.1 / 9 votes

1. prettyadjective

   pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

   "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"

   Antonyms:
   good, ugly

2. prettyadverb

   (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

   "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"

   Antonyms:
   good, ugly

3. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passablyadverb

   to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

   "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"

   Synonyms:
   jolly, fair, middling, passably, evenhandedly, fairly, clean, more or less, slightly, moderately, reasonably, sanely, somewhat, sensibly

   Antonyms:
   ugly, good

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bella

   to look better than most; beautiful

   "she looked very pretty."

   Submitted by rinat on October 2, 2019  

2. beutiful

   something that looks good

   the dress is pretty.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2021  

3. delaney

   the ocean was delaney

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

4. lufituaeb

   lufituaeb means to be pretty or beautiful

   “dubai is such a lufituaeb country!”

   Submitted by anonymous on June 10, 2020  

5. tiana

   this is true because our teacher taught us it in high school

   "she is definitely a tiana"

   Submitted by Tiana.whittingham on January 11, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. prettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   beautiful (without dignity or grandeur), HANDSOME, elegant, comely, fine, neat, trim, fair

2. prettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   moderately, tolerably, considerably, in some degree

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1. prettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   comely, fair, personable, considerable

   Antonyms:
   plain, homely, uncomely, ugly

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pretty":

   nice, beautiful, rather, cute, lovely, enough, jolie, quite, fairly, good-looking, belle, very, handsome, sweet, almost, nice-looking, relatively, somewhat, fine, instead, beautifui, joli, beauty

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1. Ross Greer:

   We're quite confident it will be the opposite next time around and we'll get a pretty solid majority of EU nationals.

2. Alicia Whitney:

   It’s comfortable in terms of ergonomics and it handles well. I also like the way it’s equipped. The Bluetooth, back-up camera, SiriusXM Radio*…it feels pretty loaded with all the fixings. And the great gas mileage and low ground clearance make it easy to live and work with. it would be great for catering and restaurant runs—something that could really be a part of our ‘growth spurt,’.

3. Ken Jarrett:

   One should give the Trump administration credit for getting China's attention because for many years there have been extended discussions about market access issues that plague foreign companies here in China, and the progress has been pretty slow.

4. Oswen Corbel:

   Maybe I should give up. ... Sometimes I think I should go into the mountains and herd sheep, but this is what I know to do, what’s next? We had Hurricane Irma, we had COVID, we had the sargassum, and now I’m pretty scared of global warming.

5. Erick Erickson:

   If they're pretty far back from Trump and they can't get southern conservative evangelicals in South Carolina, I do think they're probably going to have a hard time elsewhere, i sense a real fear from people that if Trump blows everybody out of the water in South Carolina, that he is suddenly unstoppable.