beautiful, lovely, handsome, pretty, comely, fair mean exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure. beautiful applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion …

(Definition of beautiful from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If you say that someone is beautiful, you are implying that they are nicer to look at than if you said they were attractive, good-looking, handsome, or pretty. If you say that someone is gorgeous …

BEAUTIFUL definition: having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind.

If you describe something as beautiful, you mean that it is very attractive or pleasing. New England is beautiful. It was a beautiful morning.

1. comely, seemly, attractive, fair, beauteous. Beautiful, handsome, lovely, pretty refer to a pleasing appearance.

BEAUTIFUL meaning: 1 : having beauty: such as; 2 : very attractive in a physical way

Definition of beautiful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. Having qualities that delight or appeal to the senses and often the mind. 2. Excellent; wonderful: hit a beautiful shot from the tee.

The adjective beautiful describes a thing that is pleasing to the senses. A field of wildflowers, a colorful sunset, and an abstract sculpture could all be considered beautiful.