handsome: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Prefixes of handsome


Suffixes of handsome

  • handsomely
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    handsomely

    • adverb in an attractively handsome manner
      • the volume was handsomely bound
    • adverb in a generously handsome manner
      • India has responded handsomely by providing 3,000 men
  • handsomest
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    handsome

    • adjective satellite pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
      fine-looking; well-favoured; better-looking; well-favored; good-looking.
      • 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
    • adjective satellite given or giving freely
      liberal; giving; big; openhanded; bountiful; freehanded; bighearted; bounteous.
      • 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
  • handsomer
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    handsome

    • adjective satellite pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
      fine-looking; well-favoured; better-looking; well-favored; good-looking.
      • 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
    • adjective satellite given or giving freely
      liberal; giving; big; openhanded; bountiful; freehanded; bighearted; bounteous.
      • 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
  • handsomeness
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    handsomeness

    • noun the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)
      good looks.

About Prefix and Suffix Words

This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `handsome`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.

While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `handsome`, some are not.

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